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WA SB6273

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2026

Primary Sponsor

Perry Dozier

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Ecology to publish and maintain a publicly accessible inventory of all known unauthorized waste tire piles in Washington state

  • Each inventory entry must include: pile location, approximate duration of existence, estimated tire quantity (by weight or number), known public health or environmental risks, and estimated cleanup timeline based on current funding

  • Follows a 2025 law (ESSB 5801) that increased the waste tire fee from $1 to $5 per new replacement tire sold at retail

  • Department is only required to publish information already in its possession, not to conduct new data gathering efforts

  • Expands existing website reporting requirements to include summaries of government cleanup efforts, authorized tire storage sites and transporters, and annual tire recycling/reuse rates

Legislative Description

Concerning accountability for waste tire removal funds.

Last Action

First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.

1/22/2026

Committee Referrals

Environment, Energy & Technology1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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