---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing consumer access to safe cookware and interstate and international trade certainty in the regulation of lead in cookware."
description: "Providing consumer access to safe cookware and interstate and international trade certainty in the regulation of lead in cookware."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5975"
citation: "Washington SB 5975 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/214141e6-ab4b-4182-95a3-09e77897f0eb"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5975&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "efc11bc2b3622f13328e462fdfdbfdb83c02ea1111997dc3cfc56890dd99dbfc"
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 SB 5975 (2025-2026) — Providing consumer access to safe cookware and interstate and international trade certainty in the regulation of lead in cookware.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5975.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5975-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5975-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5975-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **86–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-03** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment, Energy & Technology. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENET 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-24** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-18** Chapter 110, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/214141e6-ab4b-4182-95a3-09e77897f0eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).