BILL · 2025–26 SESSION
HB 1107: Fashion environmental impact
Concerning environmental impacts of fashion.
Summary
- Requires producers of certain footwear and apparel to disclose to the Department of Ecology (Ecology) specified information regarding their products, including the presence of certain chemicals, a description of marketing terms used, how the producer addresses excess product, and current activities related to the producer's environmental impacts.
- Requires larger producers of footwear and apparel to disclose their due diligence policies and associated environmental outcomes to Ecology.
- Requires Ecology to complete an initial assessment by October 2026, and an updated assessment by October 2028, that includes recommendations for policy options to reduce the environmental impacts of fashion products.
- Creates a Community Benefit Account to receive penalties issued to fashion producers, for implementing environmental benefit projects that benefit overburdened communities and vulnerable populations.
From the House Bill Analysis 2025 (HB 1107), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 13, 2025
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Sharlett Mena (D-29)
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025 in the House
- Last action
- January 12, 2026
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to environmental impacts of fashion;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Sharlett Mena (D-29)
18 co-sponsors (18 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Alex Ramel D-40Liz Berry D-36Julia Reed D-36Nicole Macri D-43Beth Doglio D-22Mia Gregerson D-33Tarra Simmons D-23Strom Peterson D-21Roger Goodman D-45Gerry Pollet D-46Shelley Kloba D-1Davina Duerr D-1April Berg D-44Timm Ormsby D-3Shaun Scott D-43Kristine Reeves D-30Adam Bernbaum D-24Natasha Hill D-3
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
- Prefiled for introduction.
HB 1107 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1107 (2023–24) "Master" and "servant" terms
- HB 1107 (2021–22) Nonresident vessel permits
- HB 1107 (2019–20) Nonprofit homeownership dev.
- HB 1107 (2017–18) Renaming branch campuses
- HB 1107 (2015–16) Cultural & heritage programs
- HB 1107 (2013–14) Children of military parents
- HB 1107 (2011–12) Wolf diseases
- HB 1107 (2009–10) Local govt self-insurance