Legislation: Washington

Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
January, 2012

SB 6145, and its companion bill HB 2540 (PDF) were introduced in January 2012 at the initiative of the paint industry American Coatings Association (...

Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
January, 2012

SSB 5234, the Medicine Take-Back Bill, was introduced in January 2011 but did not move out of the Senate Rules Committee. Re-introduced in January 2012, during the second year of the 2011-2012 biennium, the bill did not get a floor vote and is now dead. Read the Senate Bill Report...

Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
January, 2012

SB 6148, the Washington Small Rechargeable Battery Stewardship Act, was introduced on Jan. 24, 2012. The bill would require rechargeable battery brand owners (manufacturers) to fund and manage a statewide rechargeable battery recycling program for residents and businesses. The bill was heard by the Senate Environment Committee, watch the TVW video of the ...

Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
January, 2012

SB 6341 creating jobs by increasing recycling of discarded carpet was introduced in January 2012, a substitute passed out of committee, but did not move forward. The bill would have required carpet producers...

Status:
Passed
Type:
Ordinance
Date:
October, 2011

Under the city's phone book ordinances (123427 and...

Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
February, 2011

Washington: the House Committee on Environment heard HB 1496 (An act relating to the disposal of residential sharps waste) on Feb. 17, 2011, it was referred to the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight but no action was taken and the bill died. See the House ...

Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
March, 2010

SB 5543 (RCW 70.275) was signed by Governor Gregoire on March 19, 2010. The bill creates a convenient, statewide recycling program for mercury-containing lighting from residents in Washington State starting in 2013. No-cost recycling services must be...

Status:
Passed
Type:
Resolution
Date:
January, 2010

Resolution of the City Council of the City of Issaquah (PDF), Washington, January 2010.

Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
July, 2009

SSHB 1522 added a new section to chapter 70.95N RCW, the electronic product recycling act to clarify the role of registered collectors relating to repair and reuse of electronic products.

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