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Under the adopted striking amendment, the allowable lead level in covered cookware will be 90 parts per million beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and will decrease to 10 ppm beginning Jan. 1, 2028. The striker narrows applicability to metal cookware made of aluminum or brass and removes a prior requirement that the Department of Ecology issue guidance to manufacturers. The striker also preserves Ecology’s existing Safer Products for Washington authority by specifying that the statute does not limit Ecology’s authority under that separate program.

Sponsor and committee discussion emphasized compromise between public-health goals and industry feasibility. Representative Street, who said staff and stakeholders had worked to balance industry and public-health concerns, told the committee the revisions \"landed in a place where we won't see safe items banned. We will take off the market items that are unsafe.\" Representative Dye acknowledged the work but said he expected continued debate and signaled a mixed vote from his members.

After adopting the striking amendment, the committee voted on the amended bill; staff announced the final tally as 16 ayes, 5 nays and the measure was reported out with a due-pass as amended recommendation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Environment & Energy 3/31/2025 1:30 PM","oneSentenceSummary","The committee adopted a full rewrite striking amendment to Senate Bill 5,628 that set an initial 90 parts-per-million (ppm) lead limit for certain metal cookware in 2026, phased to 10 ppm in 2028, narrowed the rule to aluminum and brass cookware and moved rulemaking flexibility to the Department of Ecology; committee reported the bill 16-5.","taxTitle","Environment & Energy, House of Representatives, Legislative Sessions, Washington","taxId",20260,"location","Washington","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6097248,"Committee keeps greenhouse-gas inventory on a biennial schedule through 2030, sets transition to annual reporting",1970,756000,2726000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2828522-3f45fd8f891ba3d282526619cdae5006&start=756&end=2726","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2828522-3f45fd8f891ba3d282526619cdae5006/thumbnail_756000.jpg","/articles/6097248/Washington/Committee-keeps-greenhouse-gas-inventory-on-a-biennial-schedule-through-2030-sets-transition-to-annual-reporting","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6097248-a7eb5cdb1be28a8239dacc16fceeac98/orig.mp4?Expires=1774698294&Signature=GKATa~nJhLA47E7V77hIaVQoGvGnd1dfwtiQELeMTEAXv4NnBLXoK0ZhEJ4dBLsFRq9V7m3pX~uIsZ7tqxilYn1yPb~vwGDVEWVTz1AkNKvyP4izsZytSpGX2fCjbNS12uWf4KrQ-IJ0KgsCFTQWMo9r4lf9ZEVxT2bb-SUB64X5TRV61QRaxyPEvpcf7vffLtzngBNdTAjgoCuOstpz2VtYXuTvbqVYqZ60Ff2HcFbcqCh9w7y9AULmHgwh4-ch-gtB6hGUjgy65BwynV3LSEIaDJV~eck1KDrhX17EhJovbxmHYi9VqKGIqJHX39hP-Uf2iwujPP6rCYDub2okRw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","On March 20, 2025, the House Environment & Energy Committee adopted striking amendment H2060.2 to Senate Bill 5,036 and voted 19-2 to report the bill out of committee with a due-pass as amended recommendation.

The striking amendment restores the current biennial reporting cycle for the statewide greenhouse-gas inventory through 2030 and requires two one-time summary notifications to the legislature in 2027 and 2029 that are less comprehensive than the full inventory. Beginning in 2031 the statute transitions to annual reporting. The amendment also requires Ecology to post the reports and summary notifications to the department website and narrows certain data submission requirements for natural gas utilities to information submitted under state Clean Air Act authorities rather than EPA-specific standards. The amendment clarified that data in reports should reflect the most recent years for which data are available rather than the two preceding calendar years.

Sponsor and committee members said they were seeking a balance between timely data for policymakers and the practical availability of the underlying data: Representative Hunt urged adoption as a way to preserve data availability and public posting; Representative Dye said he preferred timelier reporting but supported the compromise.

After adoption of the striker, the committee voted to report the amended bill out of committee with a due-pass as amended recommendation; staff announced the vote as 19 ayes, 2 nays. The bill gives Ecology responsibility for reporting and posting inventory data and summary notifications on its website and adjusts the timing of the shift to annual reporting to 2031.","Lawmakers adopted a striking amendment that preserves biennial greenhouse-gas inventory reporting through 2030, requires summary notifications in 2027 and 2029, and phases in annual reporting in 2031. The committee reported the bill 19-2.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6097253,"Committee advances producer-responsibility packaging bill with clarifying amendments",1801,459000,2260000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2828522-3f45fd8f891ba3d282526619cdae5006&start=459&end=2260","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2828522-3f45fd8f891ba3d282526619cdae5006/thumbnail_459000.jpg","/articles/6097253/Washington/Committee-advances-producer-responsibility-packaging-bill-with-clarifying-amendments","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6097253-589554f8efd825529c5a31edb007df8d/orig.mp4?Expires=1774698294&Signature=PqsKrzWWrAUV5M4G8Z9NtkHTZhK636TP6h5WljQ8IaGaHKPyeNVUCMWCdy93bPY7chJNO1C-rVwxjju1ilK6f6CUUpyd6WBTKeiwpxU5iZt4IHJMx6FlP5kw40HujMsVJXCrGgnzGE6QNMkfWi96q-SapSrtVYlzqTko3NewrP1ugrg249M6uxDQyBSu8fcitHYzWa7RYVFweZFe-HP0ODbKrcIMTQ9oDN9HZioxYrf-HGRTTZqFxwIk8DzTGgfVmdGyuyY5bskV3AnI7hiTY-EqdukqE9RHAqCo0gY84IBK1nLviLAh0TCxGe4bzT5tl9AxmiuPcPwrzQ7OU0vUYQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","On March 20, 2025 the House Environment & Energy Committee voted to report out substitute Senate Bill 5,284, 11-10, after adopting striking amendment H2026.2 and debating program scope, costs and data requirements.

The striker H2026.2 made logistical and definitional changes to the underlying producer-responsibility framework. Key changes include: if the federal metric used to identify socially vulnerable populations becomes unavailable, the Department of Health environmental health disparities map will serve as the fallback until Ecology adopts a rule specifying an alternative; Ecology may, by rule, update the auditing standard referenced in the statute (the striker allows Ecology to reference versions newer than the 2015 standard); the striker clarifies that a PRO will make a separate one-time payment in lieu of the annual registration fee beginning in 2027; it shifts responsibility for posting a list of noncompliant producers from the PRO to the Department of Ecology; and it expands the scope of an independent audit of the first seven years of program implementation to include reuse rates, post-consumer recycled content and source-reduction rates in addition to recycling and composting rates.

Sponsor remarks emphasized existing recycling shortfalls and equity goals. Representative Barry said state recycling is struggling and that \"only 39% of residential recyclable materials are actually being recycled,\" and argued the bill will \"hold companies that are creating these materials responsible for managing their waste\" and expand recycling services and equity.

Several members voiced cost and implementation concerns. Representative Dye and others warned the fees charged to producers could raise household grocery costs by an estimated range cited during debate; Dye and Representative Fey urged a cautious approach and a robust needs assessment before deeper delegation of program design to Ecology and PROs. Representative Fey said she supports holding producers responsible \"but only after we, the legislature, have all the information to design a program that will achieve results for reasonable cost to our constituents.\"

The committee adopted the striking amendment and then voted to report the substitute bill out of committee with a due-pass as amended recommendation; staff announced the vote totals as 11 ayes and 10 nays. The bill includes a preliminary needs assessment due by the end of 2026 and a fuller needs assessment by the end of 2027, with periodic updates once the program begins implementation.

Committee discussion also noted auditing, enforcement and transparency provisions and gave Ecology rulemaking authority to clarify certain program standards and future updates.","The committee voted 11-10 to report out substitute Senate Bill 5,284 after adopting a striking amendment that clarifies metrics, auditing standards and program responsibilities for producer responsibility organizations (PROs). Members debated costs, needs assessments and equity concerns.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6097259,"Committee advances environmental-crimes bill after extensive amendment debate",4925,1307000,6232000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2828522-3f45fd8f891ba3d282526619cdae5006&start=1307&end=6232","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2828522-3f45fd8f891ba3d282526619cdae5006/thumbnail_1307000.jpg","/articles/6097259/Washington/Committee-advances-environmental-crimes-bill-after-extensive-amendment-debate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6097259-91f623ba1cfda9fb95ad46037d8bfb3a/orig.mp4?Expires=1774698294&Signature=SEcziKUslRzvKO6Td9neG39-kR7GxC32bern8pL~YACol45Fch67hM8vHjJ5BlLTLio9BwwtlqmKKo3yi93CWqwaaLUdf1IXEZE1F0L2tF-Nn7jTuuEfNcebh0codOfX3-Ana4RzSxXi-CtlZhX~L2ir9-XulU3ndwN7Vr0t2SEPO0aTM~Xmyz-WKKNCl7wioLzssQHt5rIv4C-ivbh0oyNxf0aqvWnNxqIap-BTJH3OrFnvTnwyQdcBJr2WuOq1XTwj1aLqHEZtJujMUySvJpxy8mMPwqeeYFmg1Y8X2-X8yi0Pyrlvy4Ma~2D0EwonYpIsAHvtA-RCLNHy7ogEHA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","On March 20, 2025, the Washington State House Environment & Energy Committee voted to report out engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5,360 by a voice and roll-call vote, 11-10, after adopting striking amendment H2028.2 and debating more than a dozen member amendments.

The striking amendment H2028.2 narrows some potential criminal exposure and adds several provisions: it excepts permit-compliant conduct (including required reporting or corrective actions) from criminal liability under the Water Pollution Control Act, the state Clean Air Act and the Hazardous Waste Management Act; it creates an exception to Clean Air Act criminal penalties for odors or fugitive dust from agricultural activities consistent with good agricultural practices; it excepts outdoor burning done under valid state or local permits; it clarifies that negligent violations must be criminally negligent to be felonies; it requires the Department of Ecology to prepare and publish information about criminal penalty provisions and to provide that information when issuing permits; it removes the bill's prior definition of “entity”; and it adds a severability and an intent section.

Committee members described sharply different views of the bill. Representative Mena, the bill sponsor, said the measure \"enhances the tools we already have in the state of Washington\" and will \"increase accountability for violators,\" adding that the bill addresses conduct that already can be illegal under state or federal law. Representative Barnard and others pressed for additional procedural protections for permit holders; Barnard urged training and said employers and employees who work under permits \"need some training\" so they understand what is expected. Representative Abel proposed language intended to preserve the presumption of innocence and to limit prejudicial pretrial publicity; that amendment failed. Representative Dye repeatedly objected that the bill is \"imbalanced,\" arguing that state agencies’ delays and failures to meet permitting and assessment duties also produce environmental harm and that the bill should include more accountability for those agency failures; Dye’s attempts to add such provisions were also not adopted.

The committee considered at least a dozen stand-alone member amendments (STIR 114, 116, 117, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 118 and others). Most were moved and debated on the floor of the committee and were not adopted. Examples:
- STIR 114 (Rep. Barnard) would have required free state-provided environmental-crime training for permittees before felony charges could be brought; failed.
- STIR 116 (Rep. Abel) would have codified that nothing in the criminal provisions should be construed to undermine the presumption of innocence or allow pretrial publicity by Ecology or the Attorney General; failed.
- STIR 117 (Rep. Dye) would have required Ecology to certify compliance with federal requirements before charges under the Water Pollution Control Act or state Clean Air Act could be brought; failed.
- STIR 108 (Rep. Barnard) would have made certain Ecology failures to meet permit review timelines a criminal violation; failed.
- STIR 115 (Rep. Barno) sought a caseload/fiscal forecast from the Attorney General and Ecology and a null-and-void clause if appropriation was not provided; failed.
(Each of the STIR amendments listed above was moved and then defeated in committee.)

Several members expressed concern about the bill’s scope and fiscal effects. Representative Barno warned repeatedly that the measure, as drafted, could expose small workers and contractors who operate under permits to criminal prosecution and noted the committee did not have a comprehensive fiscal estimate for prosecution, incarceration and administrative work tied to the bill. Barno also noted the striking amendment removed the statutory \"entity\" definition, which she said left uncertainty about who might face felony charges.

After adoption of the striking amendment, Vice Chair Hunt moved the final motion that the engrossed substitute be reported out of committee with a due-pass recommendation; the motion carried on a roll call of 11 ayes and 10 nays. The committee clerk announced the result and the measure will proceed in the legislative process.

The committee record shows sustained debate about balancing stronger enforcement tools with safeguards for permit-holders and about whether state agencies should face parallel accountability for delays in permitting, assessments and other duties.

The committee hearing included extended conversations about procedural protections, training, whether \"knowing\" or \"criminally negligent\" standards apply, and how Ecology and the Attorney General's Office would implement and resource any new investigative or prosecutorial duties. Multiple members urged narrower, more specific statutory language; sponsors and proponents argued the bill is intended to target serious, knowing harm to people and environment.

The committee did not adopt amendments that would have added criminal accountability for agency failures or local land-use decisions, and it did not adopt several amendments designed to restrict prosecutorial coordination or to require federal or local prosecutorial signoff before the Attorney General could proceed.","The House Environment & Energy Committee voted to report out engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5,360, which creates new criminal penalties for certain violations of state environmental laws, after adopting a striking amendment and rejecting numerous member amendments aimed at narrowing or clarifying the measure.","actionData","errors"]

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