2ESSB 5360: Concerning environmental crimes.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Trudeau
- Introduced
- January 20, 2025
- Status
- S Rules 3
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (March 12, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Establishes new crimes and provides penalties, and reclassifies existing crimes, for certain violations of the state Water Pollution Control Act, Clean Air Act, Hazardous Waste Management Act, and other specified provisions (environmental laws). Provides first-degree and second-degree felony violations for certain offenses under specified environmental acts in the state sentencing grid as seriousness level V and III offenses, respectively. Repeals certain provisions relating to existing criminal penalties in environmental laws.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 202529 yea · 20 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 17, 202627 yea · 22 nay
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