| Passed by the House March 12, 2008 Yeas 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 12, 2008 Yeas 47 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2263 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 02/15/2007. Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
AN ACT Relating to the phosphorus content in dishwashing detergent; and amending RCW 70.95L.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 70.95L.020 and 2006 c 223 s 2 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) After July 1, 1994, a person may not sell or distribute for
sale a laundry detergent that contains 0.5 percent or more phosphorus
by weight.
(2)(a) After July 1, 1994, and until the dates specified in (((b)
of)) this subsection, a person may not sell or distribute for sale a
dishwashing detergent that contains 8.7 percent or more ((phosphorous
[phosphorus])) phosphorus by weight.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2008, in counties located east of the crest
of the Cascade mountains with populations greater than four hundred
thousand, as determined by office of financial management population
estimates, a person may not sell or distribute for sale a dishwashing
detergent that contains 0.5 percent or more phosphorus by weight((:)).
(i) Commencing
(c) From July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2010, in counties located west
of the crest of the Cascade mountains with populations((, as determined
by office of financial management population estimates:)) greater than one hundred eighty thousand and less than two
hundred twenty thousand((
(A); and)), as determined by office of financial
management population estimates, a person may not sell or distribute
for sale a dishwashing detergent that contains 0.5 percent or more
phosphorus by weight except in a single-use package containing no more
than 2.0 grams of phosphorus.
(B) Greater than three hundred ninety thousand and less than six
hundred fifty thousand;
(((ii) Commencing)) (d) Beginning July 1, 2010, ((throughout)) a
person may not sell or distribute for sale a dishwashing detergent that
contains 0.5 percent or more phosphorus by weight in the state.
(e) For purposes of this section, "single-use package" means a
tablet or other form of dishwashing detergent that is constituted and
intended for use in a single washing.
(3) This section does not apply to the sale or distribution of
detergents for commercial and industrial uses.