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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2656

HB 2656: Single-use food service

Reducing waste associated with single-use food service products.

Summary

  • Restricts the sale or provision of plastic food service products beginning January 1, 2022, in certain cities and counties and beginning as late as January 1, 2030, in other cities and counties, while providing for delayed effective dates and waivers for certain categories of restricted plastic food service products.
  • Establishes a fee of 1 cent per single-use nonrecyclable or noncompostable food service product, and of up to 1 cent per single-use recyclable food service product.
  • Requires customers to request single-use straws, utensils, and plastic condiment packaging in order for a retail establishment to provide those items to a customer.
  • Requires local governments to assess in their solid waste management plans the logistical and economic feasibility of developing and using infrastructure that would allow commercial composting of organic materials, including food-service products, by a target deadline of 2030.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2656), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 16, 2020
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mia Gregerson (D-33)
Introduced
January 16, 2020 in the House
Last action
February 7, 2020
Companion bill
SB 6627
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 2656, SHB 2656

AN ACT Relating to reducing waste associated with single-use food service products;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mia Gregerson (D-33)

11 co-sponsors (10 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Mary Dye R-9Beth Doglio D-22Strom Peterson D-21Jared Mead D-44Joe Fitzgibbon D-34My-Linh Thai D-41Tana Senn D-41Roger Goodman D-45Bill Ramos D-5Gerry Pollet D-46Nicole Macri D-43

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 2656)
  2. Referred to Appropriations.
  3. ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2656)
  4. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 2656)
  5. Minority; do not pass.
  6. ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  7. First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.

HB 2656 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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