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Committee hears competing views on textile needs-assessment substitute in SB 6,174
Summary
The committee heard testimony supporting a needs assessment for textile producer responsibility and opposing testimony that the substitute presumes an outcome and could overburden retailers; witnesses urged further stakeholdering and clarity on definitions and enforcement.
Senate Bill 6,174 (proposed substitute) — a textile extended-producer-responsibility measure limited to a needs assessment in its current substitute form — drew both municipal support and industry caution at a committee hearing.
Alicia Kinney Clausen briefed the committee on key dates: by Jan. 31, 2027 each covered-product producer must appoint a textile and apparel coordinating organization (TACO); Ecology must approve an eligible TACO by March 15, 2027; producers must be TACO members by June 1, 2027; and the TACO must submit a needs assessment to Ecology by March 2028 and to…
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