Legislators celebrated Earth Day with the passage of environmental bills in the final hours of the legislative session.
The package creates new laws that regulate the use of foam blocks for docks, govern production of hydrogen to power buses, provide for the study of carbon monoxide and places restrictions on battery sales.
Substitute House Bill 1085, by Rep. Sharlett Mena, D-Tacoma, prohibits the sale and distribution of expanded foam blocks and floats used in overwater structures, unless the foam is contained in a shell of concrete, aluminum or plastic. Floating homes and residences are excluded. Floats, docks and accessory overwater structures associated with floating homes or residences will be subject to the restrictions, beginning Jan. 1, 2024. Read more at bainbridgereview.com.