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WA HB1422

Bill

Status

Passed

5/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Strom Peterson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Modifies annual reporting requirements for drug take-back program operators to include itemized annual expenditures, estimated budgets for the next year, and explanations for unmet collection and public awareness goals

  • Requires the Department of Health to evaluate reports for compliance and request revisions within 30 days, including explanations for discrepancies between reported collection weights

  • Changes fee structure so annual fees are split evenly among approved program operators, with total fees capped at 10% of the highest single operator's annual expenditures rather than each program's individual expenditures

  • Imposes a one-time $70,000 fee (split among program operators) to fund a Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee expedited review of the department's fee-setting authority, due by December 31, 2025

  • Sets an automatic repeal date of January 1, 2030 for the drug take-back program statutes under chapter 69.48 RCW

Legislative Description

Modifying the drug take-back program.

Last Action

Effective date 7/27/2025.

5/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules4/25/2025
Ways & Means4/11/2025
Rules2/28/2025
Appropriations2/21/2025
Health Care and Wellness1/20/2025

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