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WA SB6273
Bill
Status
1/22/2026
Primary Sponsor
Perry Dozier
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Ecology to publish and maintain a publicly accessible inventory of all known unauthorized waste tire piles in Washington state
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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
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Follows a 2025 law (ESSB 5801) that increased the waste tire fee from $1 to $5 per new replacement tire sold at retail
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Department is only required to publish information already in its possession, not to conduct new data gathering efforts
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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