HB 1420 — Establishing producer responsibility for textiles.
Last action — Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 20, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.
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Passed House
Current position in the legislative process.
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9 sponsors
1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (9 D).
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
399 added · 481 removedPlain-language change summary
The latest version of House Bill 1420 has removed an entire section that previously referred to possible penalties under a different section of the law. This change means that the sections on penalties have been revised to ensure clearer enforcement and accountability. Simplifying the penalties may help make the bill more effective and easier to implement, which is important for achieving its intended environmental goals.
H-1404.1H-0503.1 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1420 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By House Environment & Energy (originally sponsored by Representatives Reeves, Berry, Mena, Peterson, Ramel, Doglio, Pollet, Ormsby, and Hill)Hill READRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/17/25.01/20/25.
Referred to Committee on Environment & Energy.
1 SHBHB 1420 jackets, coats, snow pants, ski pants, and everyday uniforms for workwear.
2 SHBHB 1420 (11) "Importer" means either:
3 SHBHB 1420 sale, or distributed for sale in or into the state, regardless of whether the trademark is registered.
4 SHBHB 1420 (II) Those entities in which the producer is concerned directly or indirectly, through ownership of more than one-half of the capital or business assets, through the power to exercise more than one-half of the voting rights, through the power to appoint more than one-half of the members of the supervisory board, the administrative board, or bodies legally representing the undertakings, or through the right to manage the entities' affairs;
5 SHBHB 1420 (21) "Responsible market" means an entity that:
6 SHBHB 1420 (28)(a) "Textile article" means an item customarily used in households or businesses that are made entirely or primarily from a natural, artificial, or synthetic fiber, yarn, or fabric.
7 SHBHB 1420 place, including fraud prevention measures and an audit schedule, to ensure proper management of funds.
8 SHBHB 1420 (ii) For producers that are registered as a producer responsibility organization, all covered products of the producer are accounted for in the plan;
(7) A producer is not in compliance with this chapter and is subject to penalties under section 1514 of this act if a covered product sold or offered for sale by the producer is not subject to an approved producer responsibility organization plan.
9 SHBHB 1420 (b) The date a producer no longer participates in a producer responsibility organization's plan;
10 SHBHB 1420 (d) A producer responsibility organization may select an independent third-party contractor to complete the needs assessment.
11 SHBHB 1420 reduction or redistribution mechanisms may consider existing producer collection, repair, reuse, and recycling programs that help achieve the purpose of this chapter;
12 SHBHB 1420 (a) The names and contact information, including email address, phone number, and mailing and physical addresses, of producers and brands of covered products under the plan;
13 SHBHB 1420 (vii) How collection sites will be instructed to identify and reject counterfeit covered products.
14 SHBHB 1420 (l) A process by which the financial activities of the producer responsibility organization or individual producers that are related to implementation of the plan will be subject to an independent audit consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
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16 SHBHB 1420 (c) A producer responsibility organization with an approved plan must submit any proposed substantial change to the plan to the department for approval following the process in subsection (1) of this section.
17 SHBHB 1420 (b) After March 1, 2033, a producer of a covered product introduced for use in this state must achieve the performance standards adopted by the department under subsection (2) of this section.
18 SHBHB 1420 in a manner consistent with rules established by the producer responsibility organization in an approved plan.
19 SHBHB 1420 (d) Be managed by the producer responsibility organization to maximize the reuse and recycling of all covered products, and to minimize disposal of covered products collected by the producer responsibility organization;
20 SHBHB 1420 programs that help achieve the purposes of this chapter, and the cost of reusing, repairing, recycling, or otherwise managing covered products under this chapter.
21 SHBHB 1420 operate the plan for no less than six months.
22 SHBHB 1420 submitting the covered products to an authorized collection site or mail-back program;
23 SHBHB 1420 annual report.
24 SHBHB 1420 (h)(i) The amount of covered products sold in or into the state by the producers covered by the producer responsibility organization's plan;
25 SHBHB 1420 (iv) Results of the producer responsibility organization's assessment of the efficacy of the collection, sorting, and transportation process;
26 SHBHB 1420 must notify the producer responsibility organization if the annual report is compliant or noncompliant.
(1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each producer of apparel must annually disclose the following to the department:
(a) A notice consistent with RCW 70A.430.060 identifying each covered product that contains a high priority chemical identified under RCW 70A.430.040 or a priority chemical as defined in RCW 70A.350.010 or that is the subject of a rule adopted under chapter 70A.350 RCW;
(b) A description of any terms used in marketing, labels, or public-facing communications by the producer to describe elements of the environmental impact or sustainability of the producer's covered products including, but not limited to, terms such as "sustainable," "green," "low impact," or "environmentally friendly," and how the producer defines or measures such terms;
(c) A description of how each producer sells, gifts, or otherwise disposes of unwanted excess covered products that are not sold to consumers through retail sales, and the volume of such unwanted excess covered products disposed of during the most recent calendar year;
and (d) A description of the producer's current activities, initiatives, or targets related to reducing the fashion producer's environmental impacts.
(2) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, beginning January 1, 2027, each fashion producer that has an annual worldwide gross income of the business that exceeds $100,000,000 must disclose the following to the department:
(a) The environmental due diligence policies, processes, and outcomes of the fashion producer, including:
(i) Significant real or potential adverse environmental impacts associated with the fashion producer;
(ii) The contents of any environmental sustainability reports related to the fashion producer's operations;
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27 SHB 1420 (iii) Measurements of the amount and type of recycled content in each covered product produced by the manufacturer;
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and (iv) Measurements of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the fashion producer's covered products, including the methodology associated with such measurements;
and (b) The working conditions of the fashion producer and direct suppliers of products for or inputs to the fashion producer.
(3) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) "Due diligence" means the process companies carry out to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for how they address actual and potential adverse impacts in their own operations, their supply chain, and other business relationships, in the manner recommended in the organization for economic cooperation and development guidelines for multinational enterprises, the organization for economic cooperation and development due diligence guidance for responsible business conduct, and United Nations guiding principles of business and human rights, as those guidelines and guidance existed as of January 1, 2024.
(b) "Gross income of the business" means the value proceeding or accruing by reason of the transaction of the business engaged in and includes gross proceeds of sales, compensation for the rendition of services, gains realized from trading in stocks, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness, interest, discount, rents, royalties, fees, commissions, dividends, and other emoluments however designated, all without any deduction on account of the cost of tangible property sold, the cost of materials used, labor costs, interest, discount, delivery costs, taxes, or any other expense whatsoever paid or accrued and without any deduction on account of losses.
(c) "Working conditions" means the:
(i) Average number of employees by employment type:
Full time, part time, and temporary;
(ii) Average hourly wage, including all nondiscretionary wages and bonuses, by hourly wage bands:
$15 or below, $15.01 to $20, $20.01 to $25, $25.01 to $30, $30.01 to $50, and $50.01 or greater;
(iii) Average total number of employees enrolled in medical plans provided by the employer;
(iv) Average total number of employees enrolled in dental plans provided by the employer;
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28 SHB 1420 (v) Average total number of employees enrolled in retirement plans provided by the employer;
and (vi) Total case incident rate for the prior calendar year.
(d) For the purpose of this subsection, "average" means the mean value:
(i) For the two previous years;
or (ii) If the business has been operational for less than two years, since the business has been operational.
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(c) The department must deposit all moneys received from a producer responsibility organization under this subsection in the textile extended producer responsibility account created in section 1817 of this act.
(4)(a) Within 12 months of the effective date of the rules adopted under this chapter, and on or before July 1st of each year thereafter, the department must post on its internet website a list p.
2927 SHBHB 1420 (4)(a) Within 12 months of the effective date of the rules adopted under this chapter, and on or before July 1st of each year thereafter, the department must post on its internet website a list of producers that are in compliance with this chapter.
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(b) The department may, in addition to assessing the penalties provided in (a) of this subsection, take any combination of the following actions:
3028 SHBHB 1420 (b)(i) TheIssue departmenta may,corrective inaction additionorder to assessinga theproducer penaltiesresponsibility providedorganization; in (a) of this subsection, take any combination of the following actions:
(i) Issue a corrective action order to a producer responsibility organization;
The amount of the penalty that the p.department may assess under this subsection is twice the value of the covered products sold in violation of this chapter or $500, whichever is greater.
31The SHB 1420 department maymust assesswaive under this subsection is twice the valuepenalty ofupon theverification coveredp. products sold in violation of this chapter or $500, whichever is greater.
The29 departmentHB must1420 waive the penalty upon verification that the person has discontinued distribution or sales of the covered product within 30 days of the date the penalty is assessed.
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(1) Retailers, importers, distributors, and online marketplaces for covered products must monitor the department's internet website where compliant producers are posted under section 1413(4) (4) of this act, to determine if a producer, brand, or covered product is in compliance with this chapter for that producer of covered products.
(a) Notify the department and the producer responsibility organization of all third-party sellers with sales of covered p.products over $1,000,000 sold on their online marketplace in the preceding year and provide all required information.
32If SHBa 1420third-party productsseller overdoes $1,000,000not soldhave onany theirsales onlinein marketplaceWashington induring the preceding yearp. and provide all required information.
If30 aHB third-party1420 seller does not have any sales in Washington during the preceding year, then the online marketplace must not provide their information to the department.
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(1)p. The hearings board shall only have jurisdiction to hear and decide appeals from the following decisions of the department, the director, local conservation districts, the air pollution control boards or authorities as established pursuant to chapter 70A.15 RCW, local health departments, the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, the parks and recreation commission, and authorized public entities described in chapter 79.100 RCW:
(a)31 CivilHB penalties1420 imposed(1) pursuantThe tohearings chapterboard 70A.230shall RCWonly have jurisdiction to hear and RCWdecide 18.104.155,appeals 70A.15.3160,from 70A.300.090,the 70A.20.050,following 70A.230.020,decisions 70A.205.280,of 70A.355.070,the 70A.430.070,department, 70A.500.260,the 70A.505.100,director, 70A.505.110,local 70A.530.040,conservation 70A.350.070,districts, 70A.515.060,the 70A.245.040,air 70A.245.050,pollution 70A.245.070,control 70A.245.080,boards 70A.245.130,or 70A.245.140,authorities 70A.65.200,as 70A.455.090,established 70A.550.030,pursuant 70A.555.110,to 70A.560.020,chapter 70A.565.030,70A.15 sectionRCW, 15local health departments, the department of thisnatural act,resources, 76.09.170,the 77.55.440,department 78.44.250,of 88.46.090,fish 90.03.600,and 90.46.270,wildlife, 90.48.144,the 90.56.310,parks 90.56.330,and recreation commission, and 90.64.102.authorized public entities described in chapter 79.100 RCW:
(b)(a) OrdersCivil issuedpenalties imposed pursuant to RCWchapter 18.104.043,70A.230 18.104.060,RCW 18.104.130,and 43.27A.190,RCW 70A.15.2520,18.104.155, 70A.15.3010,70A.15.3160, 70A.15.4530,70A.300.090, 70A.15.6010,70A.20.050, 70A.230.020, 70A.205.280, 70A.214.140,70A.355.070, 70A.300.120,70A.430.070, 70A.500.260, 70A.505.100, 70A.505.110, 70A.530.040, 70A.350.070, 70A.245.020,70A.515.060, 70A.245.040, 70A.245.050, 70A.245.070, 70A.245.080, 70A.245.130, 70A.245.140, 70A.65.200, 70A.505.100,70A.455.090, 70A.550.030, 70A.555.110, 70A.560.020, 70A.565.030, section 1514 of this act, 86.16.020,76.09.170, 88.46.070,77.55.440, 90.03.665,78.44.250, 90.14.130,88.46.090, 90.46.250,90.03.600, 90.48.120,90.46.270, 90.48.240,90.48.144, 90.56.310, 90.56.330, and 90.64.040.90.64.102.
(b) Orders issued pursuant to RCW 18.104.043, 18.104.060, 18.104.130, 43.27A.190, 70A.15.2520, 70A.15.3010, 70A.15.4530, 70A.15.6010, 70A.205.280, 70A.214.140, 70A.300.120, 70A.350.070, 70A.245.020, 70A.65.200, 70A.505.100, 70A.555.110, 70A.560.020, 70A.565.030, section 14 of this act, 86.16.020, 88.46.070, 90.03.665, 90.14.130, 90.46.250, 90.48.120, 90.48.240, 90.56.330, and 90.64.040.
(e) Decisions of local health departments regarding the issuance and enforcement of permits to use or dispose of biosolids under RCW 70A.226.090.
3432 SHBHB 1420 (e)(f) Decisions of localthe healthdepartment departments regarding thewaste-derived issuancefertilizer and enforcement of permits to use or disposemicronutrient offertilizer biosolids under RCW 70A.226.090.15.54.820.
(f) Decisions of the department regarding waste-derived fertilizer or micronutrient fertilizer under RCW 15.54.820.
p.(2) The following hearings shall not be conducted by the hearings board:
35(a) SHBHearings 1420required (2)by Thelaw followingto hearings shall not be conducted by the shorelines hearings board:board pursuant to chapter 90.58 RCW, except where appeals to p.
(a)33 HearingsHB required1420 by law to be conducted by the shorelines hearings board pursuant to chapter 90.58 RCW, except where appeals to the pollution control hearings board and appeals to the shorelines hearings board have been consolidated pursuant to RCW 43.21B.340.
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(1) Any civil penalty provided in RCW 18.104.155, 70A.15.3160, 70A.205.280, 70A.230.080, 70A.300.090, 70A.20.050, 70A.245.040, 70A.245.050, 70A.245.070, 70A.245.080, 70A.245.130, 70A.245.140, 70A.65.200, 70A.430.070, 70A.455.090, 70A.500.260, 70A.505.110, 70A.555.110, 70A.560.020, 70A.565.030, section 1514 of this act, 86.16.081, 88.46.090, 90.03.600, 90.46.270, 90.48.144, 90.56.310, 90.56.330, and 90.64.102 and chapter 70A.355 RCW shall be imposed by a notice in writing, either by certified mail with return receipt requested or by personal service, to the person incurring the penalty from the department or the local air authority, describing the violation with reasonable particularity.
The authority may ascertain the facts regarding all such applications in such reasonable manner and under such rules as it may deem proper and shall remit or mitigate the penalty only upon a demonstration of extraordinary circumstances such as the presence of p.information or factors not considered in setting the original penalty.
36(2) SHBAny 1420penalty informationimposed orunder factorsthis notsection consideredmay be appealed to the pollution control hearings board in settingaccordance with this chapter if the originalappeal penalty.is filed with the hearings board and served on the p.
(2)34 AnyHB penalty1420 imposed under this section may be appealed to the pollution control hearings board in accordance with this chapter if the appeal is filed with the hearings board and served on the department or authority 30 days after the date of receipt by the person penalized of the notice imposing the penalty or 30 days after the date of receipt of the notice of disposition by a local air authority of the application for relief from penalty.
p.(d) Penalties imposed pursuant to RCW 70A.245.040 and 70A.245.050 must be credited to the recycling enhancement account created in RCW 70A.245.100;
37 SHB 1420 (d) Penalties imposed pursuant to RCW 70A.245.040 and 70A.245.050 must be credited to the recycling enhancement account created in RCW 70A.245.100;
(f)p. Penalties imposed pursuant to RCW 70A.65.200 must be credited to the climate investment account created in RCW 70A.65.250;
35 HB 1420 (f) Penalties imposed pursuant to RCW 70A.65.200 must be credited to the climate investment account created in RCW 70A.65.250;
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Sections 1 through 1817 of this act constitute a new chapter in Title 70A RCW.
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Action History
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Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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Referred to Appropriations.
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Minority; without recommendation.
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Minority; do not pass.
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ENVI - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
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Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
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Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
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Referred to Environment & Energy.
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Committee relieved of further consideration.
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By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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Referred to Appropriations.
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Minority; do not pass.
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ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
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Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
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Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
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First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
Sponsors
- Natasha Hill · Cosponsor
- Timm Ormsby · Cosponsor
- Gerry Pollet · Cosponsor
- Beth Doglio · Cosponsor
- Alex Ramel · Cosponsor
- Strom Peterson · Cosponsor
- Sharlett Mena · Cosponsor
- Liz Berry · Cosponsor
- Kristine Reeves · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Kristine Reeves Democrat
Co-sponsors (8)
- Natasha Hill Democrat
- Timm Ormsby Democrat
- Gerry Pollet Democrat
- Beth Doglio Democrat
- Alex Ramel Democrat
- Strom Peterson Democrat
- Sharlett Mena Democrat
- Liz Berry Democrat
Not signed on (142)
142 members have not signed on to this bill.
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- Who sponsors HB 1420?
- HB 1420 is sponsored by Natasha Hill (Democrat), Timm Ormsby (Democrat), Gerry Pollet (Democrat), Beth Doglio (Democrat), Alex Ramel (Democrat), Strom Peterson (Democrat), Sharlett Mena (Democrat), Liz Berry (Democrat), and Kristine Reeves (Democrat).
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- This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 20, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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