2SHB 1551: Reducing lead in cookware.

What this bill does

Restricts the sale of cookware containing lead at a level exceeding 5 parts per million (ppm) in the cookware or any component of the cookware. Authorizes the Department of Ecology (Ecology), in consultation with the Department of Health, to lower the 5 ppm limit if determined to be feasible for manufacturers to achieve and necessary to protect human health. Authorizes Ecology to adopt rules, and prescribes penalties for violations of up to $5,000 for an initial violation and $10,000 for subsequent violations.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 13, 2024
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 5, 2024
  96 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 1, 2024
  47 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting

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