Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Text of RFID regulation bill introduced by Senator Bowen in California Legislature

Sunday, February 1, 2004

The following is a reprint of the full text of the bill filed by Senator Barbara Bowen in the California Legislature on February 20, 2004.

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