Bill would require apparel makers to report chemicals, environmental impacts to Ecology

House Bill 1107, introduced to the Environment & Energy Committee by Representative Charlotte Mena, would require producers of apparel and footwear to begin annual reporting to the Washington State Department of Ecology beginning in 2027, including disclosures about regulated toxic chemicals, environmental claims used in marketing, how excess products are handled and firms’ current environmental activities and targets.

The bill targets four disclosure categories for most producers and adds further reporting for larger producers with $100,000,000 or more in annual worldwide gross income, including due-diligence outcomes, greenhouse gas data and recycled content. The bill also directs Ecology to carry out a two-part assessment — a preliminary 2026 review to consider extended producer responsibility and a public-facing platform, followed by a 2028 report on product-labeling recommendations — and authorizes Ecology rulemaking and limited exemptions for de minimis producers. Penalties for noncompliance would fund environmental-benefit projects in communities identified as overburdened by pollution.

Jacob Lipsen, nonpartisan committee staff, summarized the bill’s structure and timelines and said Ecology would be authorized to adopt rules that could exclude smaller producers. “Producers of fashion products must begin annually reporting information to the Department of…