2SHB 1154 — Ensuring environmental and public health protection from solid waste handling facility operations.

What this bill does

Requires the Department of Ecology (Ecology) to approve all permits for landfilling prior to issuance or renewal by the jurisdictional health department (JHD). Authorizes Ecology to suspend a permit and impose civil penalties for a solid waste handling facility that is operating in violation of any solid waste management requirements. Requires each JHD to provide Ecology with a list of violations of the requirements for solid waste handling facilities for each facility.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 2025
  58 yea · 39 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 21, 2025
  57 yea · 39 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 15, 2025
  28 yea · 20 nay · 1 not voting

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