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2019 Senate Bill 5397: Concerning the responsible management of plastic packaging
Introduced by Sen. Christine Rolfes (Kitsap County) (D) on January 18, 2019
Referred to the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee on January 18, 2019
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 7, 2019
Requires producers of plastic packaging to participate in a product stewardship organization in order to sell or distribute their products in Washington State.
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 8, 2019
Received in the House on March 13, 2019
Referred to the House Environment & Energy Committee on March 13, 2019
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on March 29, 2019
Amendment offered by Rep. Mary Dye (Adams) (R) on April 16, 2019
Eliminates the goal in the Department of Ecology's 2020 report to the Legislature of achieving one hundred percent recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging in all goods sold in Washington, and replaces it with a goal of achieving sustainable and realistic policies for recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on April 16, 2019
Received in the Senate on April 22, 2019
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 21, 2019