---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing plastic pollution."
description: "Reducing plastic pollution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1085"
citation: "Washington HB 1085 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mena"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-27"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/235d313e-4a55-45cc-8edb-982048770f76"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1085&year=2023"
source_hash: "a8363b79582a28a7636077c7606c49d606c68b9bce875595b7b0239e5a4551f1"
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 1085 (2023-2024) — Reducing plastic pollution.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1085.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1085-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1085-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **37–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mena — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-27** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment & Energy. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-21** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:45 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 135, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/235d313e-4a55-45cc-8edb-982048770f76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).