Notice of Introduction for Senate Bill 6271 - Update: 10 Year Analysis Complete

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UPDATE: The 10 year analysis for SB 6271, titled AN ACT Relating to mattress producer responsibility organizations, has been completed. The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

Fiscal Year		Responsible Mattress Management Fee
2026		$0
2027		$0
2028		$1,123,010
2029		$194,783
2030		$209,303
2031		$209,303
2032		$209,303
2033		$236,015
2034		$209,303
2035		$209,303
Total:		$2,600,323

Department of Corrections:

There are indeterminate cash receipt impacts to the Department of Corrections (DOC) non-appropriated Correctional Industries Account 401.

Correctional Industries (CI) reported $3 million in revenue from mattress production sales during the 2023-25 biennium.  If SB 6271 is implemented, the rules, requirements, fees, additional staffing and facility space needed for implementation of a mattress recycling program would most likely be cost prohibitive for CI to consider continued mattress production. In turn, CI would lose an estimated $1.5 million in revenue annually from the loss of mattress sales.

Ten-year projection prepared in consultation with the following agencies:

Department of Corrections
Department of Ecology
Department of Commerce


Bill sponsors and contact information:

Senator Victoria Hunt, Prime Sponsor
Democrat
(360) 786-7608
Victoria.Hunt@leg.wa.gov

Senator Liz Lovelett
Democrat
(360) 786-7678
liz.lovelett@leg.wa.gov

Senator Steve Conway
Democrat
(360) 786-7656
steve.conway@leg.wa.gov

Senator T'wina Nobles
Democrat
(360) 786-7654
T'wina.Nobles@leg.wa.gov

Senator Sharon Shewmake
Democrat
(360) 786-7682
sharon.shewmake@leg.wa.gov




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