---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning sustainable recycling."
description: "Concerning sustainable recycling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1543"
citation: "Washington HB 1543 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECOLOGY", "DEPARTMENT", "SOLID WASTE", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mead"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2585e765-ff4c-43bd-849a-99b026f9750c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1543&year=2019"
source_hash: "0dcf811914f8d8408c2fb37ff29d043c7b31f2814af7ade74c30d1a17b37f5b6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1543 (2019-2020) — Concerning sustainable recycling.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1543.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1543-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1543-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1543-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#41) — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#45) — **34–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **61–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mead — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-14** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 61; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 166, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/1/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2585e765-ff4c-43bd-849a-99b026f9750c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).