- Ranae Hanson is the Clerk of the Environmental Stewardship Working Group. Contact the clerk of the Environmental Stewardship Working Group.
- The Environmental Stewardship Working Group meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 7:30 – 8:30 PM (Pacific time)
- Sign up for emails from the Environmental Stewardship Working Group.
Environmental Stewardship Priorities for 2026
HB 1607/ SB 5502: Bottles and Cans Recycling Refund Act (Bottle Bill)
Increases recycling and reduces litter by creating a deposit/refund system. Beverage brands must create an organization to fund implementation of the program and meet certain redemption and reuse rates as well as fund convenient drop-off locations.
HB 1673/ SB 5466: Improve Reliability and Capacity of Electric Transmission System
Remove barriers to a decarbonized energy future by addressing urgent needs for the electric grid.
HB 2421/ SB 6119: Concerning 6PPD and regrettable 6PPD substitutes in tires
These compounds in tires harm salmon. We chose this bill to continue our attempts to protect salmon.
Current Support Bills
HB 2289/SB 5998The Operational Budget; we are watching this for impacts to CCA funds.
Gender Justice
SB 6081: Protecting Privacy of Sex Designation Info sheet
Exempts sex designation information as part of vital records and records managed by the Department of Licensing from public disclosure. Protecting Washingtonians from unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and historic sex designation changes in official government records.
HB 1604/ SB 5490: Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law.
Indigenous Issues
HB 1982: Vacating convictions involving the exercise of treaty rights by Indian tribal members.
Environmental Bills that are dead or finished for this year
Dead for this year. Will probably be back next year.
Would ensure that the environmental review process fully considers a project’s potential adverse impacts
to communities that already face high levels of pollution. These communities bear disproportionate
burdens of pollution, such as increased health disparities. Would require DOE review process to include an environmental justice element and environmental checklist.
OPPOSE HB 2103/ SB 6004: Broaden Green Energy to Include Nuclear — sign on CON
Happily, this bill is dead for this year.
Would allow cities, utilities, and others to contract for electricity from nuclear power at uncapped rates and obligates them to pay even if the projects produce no energy or are never completed. Similar provisions caused the 1982 WPPSS default and recently cost South Carolinians $9 billion for a failed reactor project.
See Environmental Stewardship resources here.
