Senate Page, Hannah Kim, asks Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee Chair: Sharon Shewmake, (D) 42nd District, and Ranking Committee Member, Matt Boehnke (R) 8th District, “… House Bill 1550 sets out to improve the end of life management of electric vehicle batteries. As someone who comes from a family that uses electric vehicles, like millions of others, I am interested in what the state legislature is doing about this issue. If this bill makes it to the senate floor, would you support this legislation or are there amendments that you would suggest to improve it?”
The Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee considers issues relating to:
Air quality
The Puget Sound Partnership
The State Environmental Policy Act
Oil spill prevention
Recycling and solid waste
Toxic substances
Hazardous and toxic waste
Telecommunications including broadband
Energy
Climate change
Stormwater management
Nuclear waste
Technology
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