纽森签署全美首法：大公司须披露奴隶制时期历史关联
加州州长纽森签署全美首个法案（AB 2599），要求在加州经营的大公司彻查历史档案，公开披露与奴隶制相关的交易。这是加州赔偿（reparations）议程的又一步。
法案适用于年全球总收入超1亿美元、且在1964年12月31日前已存在（或前身存在）的企业。经拨款后，企业须提交伪证罪约束下的宣誓书，核查内容包括：买卖被奴役者、以被奴役者作贷款抵押、奴隶相关保险等。记录将通过州数字平台公开。首批宣誓书2029年1月15日前提交。
纽森在签署时说：“这是要求1965年前运营的大公司搜索奴隶制关联记录，然后公之于众。这些是针对被奴役者的保险单——人被当作抵押品，字面意义上的贷款抵押。问责从真相开始。”（综合 Fox News 报道）
Newsom Signs First-in-Nation Law Forcing Big Firms to Disclose Slavery-Era Ties
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed first-in-the-nation AB 2599, requiring large companies doing business in California to scour historical records and publicly disclose slavery-era transactions — advancing the state's reparations agenda.
It covers firms with $100M+ in annual worldwide gross receipts that existed (or whose predecessor existed) on or before Dec. 31, 1964. Once funded, companies must file affidavits under penalty of perjury covering purchases/sales of enslaved people, their use as loan collateral, slave-related insurance and more, published via a state digital platform. First filings are due Jan. 15, 2029.
"This requires large companies that operated before 1965 to search their records for ties to slavery going back to 1849 and then we make it public," Newsom said. "Accountability starts with the truth." (Via Fox News)
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