BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5657: Opioid pollution/wastewater

Requiring publicly owned wastewater treatment plants that directly discharge to Puget Sound to control pollution from opioids.

Summary

Requires a general or individual waste discharge permit or national pollution discharge elimination system permit, issued or renewed by the department of ecology, for a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant that directly discharges to Puget Sound to remove or neutralize opioids and opioid-derived pollution.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to requiring publicly owned wastewater treatment plants that directly discharge to Puget Sound to control pollution from opioids;

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

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

SB 5657 (2025–26) Plasma donation/physicians · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5657 (2023–24) Kit home permitting · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5657 (2021–22) Juvenile instit./comp sci. · Enacted · Chapter 234, Laws of 2022
SB 5657 (2017–18) Homeless hosting/religious · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5657 (2015–16) School day extension/homewrk · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5657 (2013–14) State parks and recreation · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5657 (2011–12) SEPA categorical exemptions · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5657 (2009–10) Guardians ad litem · Did not pass · died in committee