BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5965: Fashion/environmental impact

Concerning the environmental impacts of fashion.

Summary

Requires certain fashion retail sellers and fashion manufacturers to disclose specified environmental due diligence policies, processes, performance targets, and outcomes.
Authorizes the Department of Ecology (Ecology) to enforce the disclosure requirements and to issue penalties for noncompliance, which must be deposited into a newly-created Community Benefit Account, to be used for certain environmental projects.
Allows a person to commence a civil action for certain alleged violations relating to the disclosure requirements or Ecology's duties, subject to specified limitations.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5965), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the environmental impacts of fashion;

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 5965 (2025–26) Retail bags · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5965 (2021–22) Long-term care trust/repeal · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5965 (2019–20) Sports wagering · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5965 (2017–18) Capital budget reapprops · Enacted · Chapter 4, Laws of 2017, 3rd Special Session
SB 5965 (2015–16) Base and min. instream flows · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5965 (2013–14) Sexually violent predators · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5965 (2011–12) Public facil. district bonds · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5965 (2009–10) Prop tax val proof burden · Did not pass · died in committee