republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-1569.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning marketing the degradability of products."
description: "Concerning marketing the degradability of products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1569"
citation: "Washington HB 1569 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SALES", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS", "SOLID WASTE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e22d96f-6459-4f5d-8845-755b21ea9e26"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1569&year=2019"
source_hash: "543f76ec3ff3b4a742cb5c163af171aeec548d035f6ef2234bafcae11fd16770"
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 1569 (2019-2020) — Concerning marketing the degradability of products.

## 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/1569.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1569-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1569-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#46) — **30–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#5) — **60–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — 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.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment & Energy.
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-11** 1st 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.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment & Energy.
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** AWNP - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-19** And refer to Environment, Energy & Technology. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.
- **2019-03-26** ENET - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 265, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-14T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-19T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e22d96f-6459-4f5d-8845-755b21ea9e26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).