Reducing environmental and health disparities and improving the health of Washington state residents in large port districts.

 S-4461.1

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5652

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senate Environment, Energy & Technology (originally sponsored by Senators Orwall, Hasegawa, Nobles, and Valdez)

READ FIRST TIME 02/02/26.

AN ACT Relating to reducing environmental and health disparities and improving the health of Washington state residents in large port districts; adding a new section to chapter 43.09 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 53 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that:

(a) Communities located near airports are uniquely and disproportionately exposed to aviation-related air pollution such as ultrafine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, volatile organic compounds, black carbon, and other pollutants. Those pollutants have been linked to breast cancer, heart disease, prostate cancer, and a variety of lung conditions, including asthma. Communities near airports are also disproportionately exposed to noise from aviation activity, which has been linked to increased levels of stress, sleep disruption, hypertension, and heart disease;