Other LanguagesAG Ferguson: Companies sent hundreds of thousands of deceptive texts, emails targeting small businesses, nonprofits
Businesses deceived into paying three times the cost to file standard state annual reports
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Electron Hydro dam owner ordered to pay largest financial penalty in an environmental criminal case in state history
Owner will pay $1 million, including $745K restitution to Puyallup Tribal Fisheries for river restoration
AG Ferguson and Legislature partner to create Organized Retail Crime Unit within Attorney General’s Office
10-person unit will include investigators and prosecutors to combat organized retail crime
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that the Legislature fully funded his request to create a centralized Organized Retail Crime Unit to coordinate, investigate and prosecute multi-jurisdictional retail crime statewide.
Organized Retail Crime involves a group of individuals that steal products in order to resell them for a profit. This does not include petty theft, shoplifting or poverty-driven crimes.
AG Ferguson, Rep. Mena bill protecting Washingtonians from utility shutoffs during extreme heat signed into law
Legislation will ensure power, water will remain connected during National Weather Service heat warnings
AG Ferguson, Rep. Lekanoff legislation creating MMIWP Cold Case Unit signed into law
The cold case unit’s creation in the Attorney General’s Office was a key recommendation of the state MMIWP Task Force
Governor signs AG Ferguson, Sen. Pederson legislation that removes unconstitutional death penalty statute from state law
The legislation also removes multiple statutes from Washington law identified by the Chief Justice as unconstitutional
AG Ferguson, Rep. Slatter bill creating health data privacy protections passes Legislature
Recent poll showed supermajority support for laws that will protect Washingtonians’ most sensitive health data
OLYMPIA — Today the Legislature passed a bill Attorney General Bob Ferguson partnered on with Rep. Vandana Slatter, D-Bellevue, to close the gap on health data privacy protections, provide Washingtonians more control of their health data and protect those who come from out of state to access reproductive and gender-affirming care.
AG Ferguson, Gov. Inslee bill to hold the gun industry responsible passes Legislature
Measure sponsored by Sen. Pedersen ensures firearms industry faces consequences for irresponsible practices
OLYMPIA — A bill to ensure that gun manufacturers and dealers — like other purveyors of dangerous goods — must take reasonable steps to prevent their products from getting into the hands of dangerous individuals passed the Legislature today, and now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee for his signature.
AG Ferguson: Full protections for mifepristone access remain intact in 18 states
Federal judge in Washington confirms that federal government is barred from taking any action that would reduce access to mifepristone in 18 states
AG Ferguson files lawsuit against Puppyland for misleading marketing of puppies, channeling consumers into predatory loans
Consumers complained of expensive puppies with illusory health guarantees that became violently ill soon after purchase, one died in a child’s arms