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Committee weighs striker that shifts lead-in-cookware standards to Ecology rulemaking
Summary
Lawmakers heard competing views on ESSB 59 75, a bill that would move lead-in-cookware standard-setting into the Department of Ecology's Safer Products for Washington process, set phased pot-and-pan limits and provide Ecology testing authority. Industry generally supported the striker for regulatory certainty; health and consumer groups urged stronger presumptive limits.
The House Environment & Energy Committee reopened a hearing on ESSB 59 75 to consider a striking amendment that would shift significant authority over lead-in-cookware standards to the Washington Department of Ecology and its Safer Products for Washington program.
Jacob Lipson, committee staff, said the existing statute (passed in 2024 and amended last year) currently sets a 90 parts-per-million (ppm) limit for aluminum and brass cookware beginning in 2026 and scheduled a drop to 10 ppm in 2028. The striker amendment, Lipson explained, keeps the 90 ppm standard for products manufactured after Jan. 1, 2026, cancels the scheduled 2028 reduction to 10 ppm, and sets a new pathway in which Ecology is directed to undertake Safer Products rulemaking. The amendment establishes a 50 ppm limit for aluminum or brass pots and pans beginning…
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