HJR 25-1030 — Products with Forced Labor Components

HOUSEFirst JOINTRegular RESOLUTIONSession 25-1030Seventy-fifth BYREPRESENTATIVE(S)General WinterT.Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED LLS NO.

andBacon,Armagost,R25-0014.01 Barron,Bottoms,Christopher Bradfield,McMichael Bradley,x4775 Brooks,HJR25-1030 Caldwell,HOUSE SPONSORSHIP WinterT.andBacon, Armagost,Barron,Bottoms,Bradfield,Bradley,Brooks,Caldwell, Carter, DeGraaf, Duran, Garcia Sander, Gonzalez R., Hartsook, Johnson, Keltie, Luck, Pugliese, Richardson, Suckla, Taggart, Weinberg, Woog, Bird, Boesenecker, Brown, Camacho,Camacho,Clifford,English,Espenoza,Froelich,Garcia,Gilchrist,Hamrick,Jackson,Lieder, Clifford, English, Espenoza, Froelich, Garcia, Gilchrist, Hamrick, Jackson, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Marshall, McCluskie, McCormick, Paschal, Phillips, Ricks, Rutinel, Rydin, Sirota, Smith, Soper, Stewart K., Story, Titone, Valdez, Velasco, Willford, Woodrow,Woodrow McCluskie;SENATE SPONSORSHIP Mullica, Daugherty House Committees Senate Committees HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-1030 C ONCERNING GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OF PRODUCTS WITH FORCED LABOR COMPONENTS .

alsoWHEREAS, SENATOR(S)The MullicaState andof PeltonColorado B.,recognizes Daugherty,the Amabile,equal Baisley,and Ball,inalienablerightsofallhumansasthefoundationoffreedom,justice,and Bridges,peace Bright,in Carson,the Catlin,world; Cutter, Exum, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Pelton R., Rich, Rodriguez, Simpson, Snyder, Sullivan, Wallace, Weissman, Winter F., Coleman.

CONCERNINGand GOVERNMENTWHEREAS,Manyproductsprocuredbygovernmentalentitiesof PROCUREMENTthe OFState PRODUCTSof WITHColorado FORCEDare LABORmade COMPONENTS.with components that are mined, produced, or manufactured, wholly or in part, by forced labor;

and WHEREAS, TheForced Statelabor ofmeans Coloradoall recognizeswork or labor that is exacted from an individual under the equalmenace andof inalienablerightsanypenaltyfor ofallhumansnonperformance asof the foundationwork offreedom,justice,or labor and peacefor inwhich the world;individual does not offer the work or labor voluntarily, including forced, indentured, or oppressive child g 5 E d 0 S e , O l l Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.

andDouble WHEREAS,underlining Manyproductsprocuredbydenotes governmentalSENATE entitiesamendment. ofthe State of Colorado are made with components that are mined, produced, or manufactured, wholly or in part, by forced labor;

andH WHEREAS,i Forcedlabormeansp allworkorlaborthatisCapital exactedfromletters an individual underthe menace ofanypenalty for nonperformance ofthe work or laborbold and& foritalic whichnumbers theindicate individualnew doesmaterial notto offerbe theadded workto orexistFnA laborvoluntarily,law. including forced, indentured, oroppressive childlabor;

andDashes WHEREAS,through Oppressive child labor is a condition of employment under which an individual under fourteen years ofage is employed in an occupation hazardous for the employmentwords ofor children,numbers suchindicate asdeletions manufacturingfrom orexisting mining;law.

andlabor; WHEREAS, Concerns about the use offorced labor to create certain components and materials prompted the federal government to pass the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" (known as the UFLPA) with overwhelming bipartisan support;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,Oppressivechildlaborisaconditionof Theemployment "TraffickingVictimsProtectionReauthorizationActunder of2013"which (knownan asindividual theunder TVPRAfourteen 2013)years mandatesof age is employed in an occupation hazardous for the U.S.employment of children, such as manufacturing or mining;

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and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,The"TraffickingVictimsProtectionReauthorization ForcedActof2013"(knownastheTVPRA2013)mandatestheU.S.Department laborofLabortomaintainalistthatidentifiesproductsthatutilizeforcedlabor distortsin globalviolation andof localinternational economicmarketsstandards, and undercutssuch ethicalinformation businessesis andcritical economiesin thatcombating relyforced onlabor fairand child labor practices;issues;

now,and therefore,WHEREAS, BeForced Itlabor Resolveddistorts byglobal theand Houselocal ofRepresentativeseconomic ofthemarkets Seventy-fifthand GeneralAssemblyoftheStateundercuts ofColorado,ethical theSenatebusinesses concurringherein:and economies that relyon fair labor practices;

(1)now, Thattherefore, theBeItResolvedbytheHouseofRepresentativesoftheSeventy-fifth StateGeneralAssemblyoftheStateofColorado,theSenateconcurringherein: of Colorado deplores the use of forced labor and finds that it is repugnant, violates basic human rights, constitutes discrimination, and damages free and fair competition;

and(1) (2)ThattheStateofColoradodeplorestheuseofforcedlaborand Thatfinds the State of Colorado will utilize its purchasing power to support businesses that create,it retail,is orrepugnant, utilizeviolates productsbasic orhuman materialsrights, thatconstitutes arediscrimination, ethicallysourcedormanufacturedwithoutforcedand laborandencouragedamages thestateandlocalofficesfree ofeconomicdevelopmenttopursuethelocation orrelocation ofbusinesses that ethically source or manufacture products and materialsfair withoutcompetition; forced labor to the State ofColorado.

PAGEand 2-HOUSE(2) JOINTThattheStateof RESOLUTIONColoradowill 25-1030utilize Beits itFurtherpurchasing Resolved,Thatpower copiesto ofthissupport JointResolutionbusinesses bethat senttocreate, GovernorJaredPolis;PhilWeiser,theAttorneyGeneralofColorado;Everetail, Lieberman,or theutilize Executiveproducts Directoror ofthematerials Coloradothat Officeareethicallysourcedormanufacturedwithoutforcedlaborandencourage ofEconomicthestateandlocalofficesofeconomicdevelopmenttopursuethelocation Developmentor anarelocation Internationalof Trade;businesses that ethicallysource or manufacture products and materials without forced labor to the State of Colorado.

PattyBeitFurtherResolved,ThatcopiesofthisJointResolutionbesent Salazar,to theGovernor ExecutiveJared DirectorofthePolis; ColoradoDepartmentofRegulatoryAgencies;

WillPhil Toor,Weiser, the ExecutiveAttorneyGeneral Director of theColorado; Colorado Energy Office;

Eve Lieberman, the Executive Director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade;

Patty Salazar, the ExecutiveDirectorof theColoradoDepartmentofRegulatoryAgencies;

-2- 1030 Will Toor, the Executive Director of the Colorado Energy Office;

J-3- u1030 l i e ~ ' - - - - - - James Rashad Coleman Sr.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE Esther van Mourik CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE PAGE 3-HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-1030