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Gov. Jay Inslee signs suite of clean-energy, worker-protection and consumer-safety bills
Summary
Governor Jay Inslee signed more than a dozen bills at a ceremonial event hosted by IBEW Local 46, covering zero-emission school buses, pesticide restrictions to protect pollinators, consumer safety rules for cookware and lights, clean-energy permitting and several labor protections.
Governor Jay Inslee signed a package of bills at a ceremonial event at IBEW Local 46, saying the laws will advance clean energy, protect public health and support workers.
"We're gonna put people to work building a new clean energy economy," Governor Jay Inslee said, listing the state's recent policy achievements and framing the day’s signings as continuity of Washington’s climate and labor agenda.
The bills signed include measures aimed at public health and the environment: House Bill 1368 accelerates adoption of zero-emission school buses and expands grants for buses and chargers; substitute Senate Bill 5972 directs the Department of Agriculture to list certain neonicotinoid pesticides as state restricted-use pesticides to protect pollinators; House…
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