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2019 Senate Bill 5115: Concerning appliance efficiency standards
Introduced by Sen. Reuven Carlyle (Seattle) (D) on January 14, 2019
Referred to the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee on January 14, 2019
Substitute offered in the Senate on January 31, 2019
Removes federally preempted efficiency and testing standards.
Amends the state efficiency and testing standards for certain state-covered
products. Establishes new minimum efficiency and testing standards for certain products.
Authorizes the Department of Commerce to adopt rules that incorporate, by reference, federal efficiency standards for federally covered products only as the standards existed on January 1, 2018.
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 1, 2019
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 25, 2019
Removes federally preempted efficiency and testing standards.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 27, 2019