Washington SB 5284: Concerning campaign finance disclosure.

Bill Text

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5284
Chapter 316, Laws of 2025
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
SOLID WASTE—PACKAGING AND PAPER PRODUCTS—PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025
Passed by the Senate April 23, 2025
Yeas 27 Nays 21
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 14, 2025
Yeas 51 Nays 45
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that
the attached is ENGROSSED SECOND
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5284 as
passed by the Senate and the House
of Representatives on the dates
hereon set forth.
SARAH BANNISTER
Secretary
Approved May 17, 2025 1:55 PM FILED
May 19, 2025
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to improving Washington's solid waste management 1
outcomes; amending RCW 70A.205.045, 70A.205.500, 81.77.030, 2
81.77.160, 81.77.185, and 70A.245.100; reenacting and amending RCW 3
43.21B.110, 43.21B.300, and 49.48.082; adding a new section to 4
chapter 49.46 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 70A RCW; creating 5
new sections; prescribing penalties; and providing an expiration 6
date.7
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:8
NEW SECTION. Sec. 101. FINDINGS—INTENT. (1) The legislature 9
finds that, as of 2025:10
(a) Washington's statewide waste recovery rate has been generally 11
static since 2011 and Washington is not meeting the statewide goal of 12
50 percent recycling established in 1989; and13
(b) Many residents, particularly those who live in rural areas 14
and in multifamily residences, do not have access to convenient or 15
affordable curbside recycling, and must rely on taking recyclables to 16
drop box locations, and that extended producer responsibility 17
programs could make curbside recycling available and affordable for 18
most people in the state.19
(2)(a) It is the intent of the legislature to require extended 20
producer responsibility programs for consumer packaging and paper 21
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5284
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Lovelett,
Shewmake, Nobles, Bateman, Salomon, Saldaña, Stanford, C. Wilson,
Frame, Pedersen, Hasegawa, Liias, Orwall, Slatter, and Valdez)
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products to be implemented in a manner that involves producers in 1
material management from design concept to end of life.2
(b) It is intended that these programs be responsibly planned and 3
funded in a manner that minimizes negative impacts to the environment 4
and minimizes risks to public health and worker health and safety. It 5
is also intended that these programs build and expand on the existing 6
waste and recycling system's infrastructure and reliance on the 7
authority of local governments and the utilities and transportation 8
commission in solid waste management.9
(c) It is the intent of the legislature that Washington should 10
maintain the successful public-private partnership between state, 11
local government, and solid waste and recycling service providers. 12
The legislature does not intend to diminish or displace the primary 13
role of the utilities and transportation commission and local 14
governments in regulating or contracting directly with service 15
providers for the curbside collection of residential recyclables. 16
Local governments maintain their existing authority to collect, 17
contract for collection with solid waste and recycling service 18
providers, or defer to solid waste collection services regulated by 19
the utilities and transportation commission.20
(3) It is the intent of the legislature for the 2029 legislature 21
to consider the draft plans submitted by producer responsibility 22
organizations to the department of ecology in October 2028, prior to 23
the approval of such plans by the department of ecology taking 24
effect. It is the intent of the legislature for the 2029 legislature 25
to consider the draft plans submitted in October 2028 and the 26
independent analysis carried out by January 2029, of those submitted 27
draft plans, in order for the 2029 legislature to determine whether 28
to amend the requirements of this chapter, to make other recycling 29
policy changes including the potential establishment of a bottle 30
deposit return program, or to allow that the proposed plan and 31
program under this chapter be implemented in full.32
NEW SECTION. Sec. 102. DEFINITIONS. The definitions in this 33
section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly 34
requires otherwise.35
(1) "Advisory council" means the council established in section 36
105 of this act.37
(2) "Alternative recycling process" means a recycling process 38
that occurs other than through purely physical means.39
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