Reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments.

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S-4528.1

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5965

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senate Environment, Energy & Technology (originally sponsored by Senators Bateman, Salomon, and Shewmake)

READ FIRST TIME 02/02/26.

AN ACT Relating to reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments; amending RCW 70A.530.005 , 70A.530.020 , 70A.530.030 , 70A.530.040 , and 70A.530.050 ; reenacting and amending RCW 70A.530.010 ; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 70A.530.005 and 2021 c 33 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) State policy has long placed waste reduction as the highest priority in the collection, handling, and management of solid waste. Reducing plastic bag waste holds particular importance among state waste reduction efforts for a number of reasons:

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

20.1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Reported from Committee — base rate 42%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum base 50/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 230 days quiet

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