HB 2068: Fashion/environmental impact

Summary

• Requires fashion manufacturers and retail sellers with an annual worldwide gross income exceeding $100 million (covered fashion businesses) to disclose their environmental due diligence policies, processes, and outcomes, including environmental impacts.
• Requires covered fashion businesses to establish, track, and disclose progress towards performance targets, beginning January 1, 2027.
• Authorizes the Department of Ecology (Ecology) to enforce disclosure requirements on fashion manufacturers and retail sellers, and to issue penalties for noncompliance.
• Authorizes persons to commence civil actions for violations against persons out of compliance, or to compel Ecology to investigate an entity's compliance.
• Creates a Community Benefit Account to receive penalties issued to fashion retail sellers and manufacturers, for implementing environmental benefit projects that benefit overburdened communities and vulnerable populations.

From the House Bill Analysis 2024 (HB 2068), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗