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SB5628 • 2026
Concerning lead in cookware.
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Lead in cookware
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Plain English: 5628-S.E AMH ENGR H2056.E ESSB 5628 - H COMM AMD By Committee on Environment & Energy ADOPTED AND ENGROSSED 04/15/2025 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1 following: 2 "Sec.
0 • Environment & Energy
Plain English: 5628-S.E AMH ENVI H2056.2 ESSB 5628 - H COMM AMD By Committee on Environment & Energy ADOPTED AS AMENDED 04/15/2025 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1 following: 2 "Sec.
1118 • Street
Plain English: 5628-S.E AMH STRE H2232.1 ESSB 5628 - H AMD TO ENVI COMM AMD (H-2056.2/25) 1118 By Representative Street ADOPTED 04/15/2025 On page 1, line 15, after "include" strike "items" and insert ":1 (i) Items" 2 On page 1, line 17, after "steel" insert "; or3 (ii) The body of electronic cooking devices with removable 4 cooking containers, such as slow cookers, rice cookers, and pressure 5 cookers" 6 EFFECT: Excludes the body of electronic cooking devices with removable cooking containers from restrictions on lead in cookware.
1178 • Dye
Plain English: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 5628-S.E AMH DYEM LIPS 440 1 - Official Print EFFECT: Excludes from restrictions on lead in cookware items that are enclosed but not completely enclosed by stainless steel.
188 • Harris
Plain English: 5628-S AMS HARR S2262.1 SSB 5628 - S AMD 188 By Senator Harris ADOPTED 03/12/2025 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1 following: 2 "Sec.
1st substitute bill substituted.
Lead in cookware
AN ACT Relating to lead in cookware; and amending RCW 70A.565.010 1 and 70A.565.020. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3 Sec. 1. RCW 70A.565.010 and 2024 c 340 s 1 are each amended to 4 read as follows: 5 The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter 6 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. 7 (1) "Component" includes separate or distinct parts of the 8 cookware including((, but not limited to, )) accessories such as lids, 9 knobs, handles and handle assemblies, griddles and other cooktop 10 surfaces that touch food, rivets, fasteners, valves, and vent pipes. 11 "Component" does not include inaccessible components of cookware or 12 utensils.13 (2) "Cookware" means any metal pots, pans, bakeware, rice 14 cookers, pressure cookers, and other similar containers ((and devices 15 intended for the preparation or storage of food )) used to cook or 16 store food. "Cookware" does not include large appliances such as 17 refrigerators and ranges. 18 (3) "Department" means the Washington state department of 19 ecology. 20 S-1065.1 SENATE BILL 5628 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Harris, Shewmake, Hasegawa, Stanford, Trudeau, and Valdez Read first time 02/03/25. Referred to Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology. p. 1 SB 5628 (4) "Inaccessible component" means a part or a component of 1 cookware that is located inside or is entirely enclosed with another 2 material and is not capable of coming out of the cookware or being 3 accessed during any reasonably foreseeable use or abuse of the 4 product.5 (5) "Manufacturer" means any person, firm, association, 6 partnership, corporation, governmental entity, organization, or joint 7 venture that produces a product or is an importer or domestic 8 distributor of a product sold or offered for sale in or into the 9 state. 10 (((5))) (6) "Utensils" means metal items that directly contact 11 food during preparation, such as knives, forks, spoons, spatulas, and 12 other such food preparation tools.13 (7) "Vulnerable populations" has the same meaning as defined in 14 RCW 70A.02.010. 15 Sec. 2. RCW 70A.565.020 and 2024 c 340 s 2 are each amended to 16 read as follows: 17 (1) ((Beginning January 1, 2026, no manufacturer may manufacture, 18 sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in 19 this state cookware or a cookware component containing lead or lead 20 compounds at a level of more than five parts per million. )) No 21 cookware, cookware component, or utensils manufactured after January 22 1, 2026, containing lead or lead compounds at a level of more than 23 five parts per million may be sold, offered for sale, distributed for 24 sale, or distributed for use in this state.25 (2)(a) Beginning January 1, 2026, no manufacturer, retailer, or 26 wholesaler may knowingly sell , manufacture, or knowingly offer for 27 sale for use in this state cookware ((or a )), cookware ((component 28 containing)) components, or utensils manufactured after January 1, 29 2026, that contain lead or lead compounds at a level of more than 30 five parts per million. 31 (b) ((Retailers)) Manufacturers, retailers, or wholesalers who 32 unknowingly sell products that are restricted from sale under this 33 chapter are not liable under this chapter. 34 (c) The sale or purchase of any previously owned cookware or 35 cookware components containing lead made in casual or isolated sales 36 as defined in RCW 82.04.040, or by a nonprofit organization, is 37 exempt from this chapter. 38 p. 2 SB 5628 (3) After December 2034, the department, in consultation with the 1 department of health, may lower the five part per million limit 2 established in subsection (1) of this section by rule if it 3 determines that the lower limit is: 4 (a) Feasible for cookware ((and)), cookware component , or 5 utensils manufacturers to achieve; and 6 (b) Necessary to protect human health, including the health of 7 vulnerable populations. 8 --- END --- p. 3 SB 5628