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2017 House Bill 1738: Continuing to protect water quality by aligning state brake friction material restrictions with the requirements of a similar nationwide agreement
Introduced by Rep. Beth Doglio (Olympia) (D) on January 27, 2017
Referred to the House Environment Committee on January 27, 2017
Substitute offered in the House on February 7, 2017
Specifies that restrictions limiting the use of brake friction material containing more than 0.5 percent copper take effect beginning January 1, 2025. Eliminates the requirement that the Department of Ecology adopt rules implementing restrictions of copper in brake friction material.
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 14, 2017
Amendment offered by Rep. David Taylor (Moxee) (R) on February 16, 2017
Requires the department of ecology to submit by December 1, 2024, a report identifying the other states that have passed comparable laws or adopted comparable rules that restrict manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, or distributors from selling or offering for sale brake friction material containing more than 0.5 percent copper and its compounds by weight.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on February 16, 2017
Amendment offered by Rep. David Taylor (Moxee) (R) on February 16, 2017
Makes the prohibition on the sale of brake friction material containing more than 0.5 percent copper in Washington contingent on 25 other states passing comparable laws or adopting comparable rules by December 1, 2024.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on February 16, 2017
Received in the Senate on February 17, 2017
Referred to the Senate Energy, Environment &Telecommunications Committee on February 17, 2017
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 10, 2017
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 5, 2017