Bill Title: Enacts the "cobalt and lithium mining and production divestment act" to prevent monies or assets of the common retirement fund from being invested in the stocks, securities or other obligations of any institution or company engaging in cobalt and lithium mining or production for the manufacture of batteries used in large-scale battery storage power stations and the primary propulsion systems for electric vehicles, if such company cannot establish through approved independent monitoring that their mining operation does not use child labor and that adult miners and other workers are employed under conditions that meet accepted criteria.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental employees [A04827 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Assembly	Assembly Governmental Employees Committee: Held for Consideration	2023-05-09	9	4	0	1	14	Passed	Link	View

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