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Committee hears debate over textile needs‑assessment substitute; retailers seek more study
Summary
Senate Bill 6,174's substitute would require a needs assessment and create Textile and Apparel Coordinating Organizations (TACOs); municipal and nonprofit advocates supported the assessment, while retail and industry groups warned the substitute presumes an EPR outcome and could burden retailers and employers. No vote was taken.
The Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee received extensive testimony on Senate Bill 6,174, a substitute that would require textile producers to participate in a coordinating organization (TACO) that would carry out a needs assessment to inform any future extended producer responsibility program.
Alicia Kinney Claussen, committee staff, said the substitute requires producers to appoint a TACO by Jan. 31, 2027; Ecology must approve a TACO that meets requirements by March 15, 2027; and by June 1, 2027 producers of covered products must be members of a registered TACO. The TACO would prepare and fund a needs assessment — to be submitted to Ecology by March 2028 and to the Legislature by September…
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