This bill creates a new statewide mattress producer responsibility program by adding a new chapter to Title 70A RCW, adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW, and reenacting and amending RCW 43.21B.110 and 43.21B.300. It requires mattress producers to participate in and fund a producer responsibility organization (PRO) that registers with the Department of Ecology (referred to in the bill as “the department”), submits and implements department‑approved plans, and meets detailed collection, recycling, reporting, education, and financial requirements. The bill sets definitions for covered mattresses and related terms, requires producers to appoint a PRO and be listed in a registration by specified deadlines, prohibits retailers from selling mattresses in Washington after July 1, 2029 unless the producer certifies participation in an approved PRO plan, and forbids charging a separate point‑of‑sale fee to consumers to fund the program. The law imposes program design and operational requirements on PROs including minimum recycling targets (plans must include a target recycling rate of at least 70 percent), comprehensive collection coverage (including permanent sites to serve most residents and county‑level service for nonrecyclable mattresses), consumer and retailer education, financial transparency, contingency planning, and reimbursement of demonstrable government collection costs. The department must adopt implementing rules, set one‑time and annual registration fees to cover administration, review and approve or require resubmission of plans, maintain a public website, and may issue orders and impose civil penalties (up to $1,000 per violation per day and up to $10,000 per violation per day for repeated violations or failures to comply with an order) with appeal rights to the pollution control hearings board. The act also creates an advisory council with up to 12 members to advise on plans and rules, grants limited antitrust immunity for PRO planning and operation, establishes a responsible mattress management account for fee and penalty receipts, and exempts PRO receipts from certain provisions of chapter 82.04 RCW. Important procedural and substantive details are not present in the extracted text: the bill text provided does not clearly name the department in every section, the specific fee amounts and rule timelines referenced in section 12 are not included, several provisions are cut off mid‑sentence, and the full new chapter text and some enforcement or technical definitions are missing from the provided excerpts.

If enacted, mattress makers and importers will have to organize and fund nonprofit producer responsibility organizations (PROs) that run statewide mattress takeback, reuse, and recycling programs. PROs must pay for collection, transport, processing, education, administration, reimbursements to government collection sites, and department fees; set up a network of permanent collection sites to reach most residents and every county; meet collection and at least 70% recycling targets; include contingency plans; and may not charge a separate point‑of‑sale fee to consumers (costs will likely be built into product prices instead). Retailers must refuse to sell mattresses after July 1, 2029 unless the mattress producer is certified in an approved PRO, must give customers information on reuse/end‑of‑life options, but are not forced to serve as collection sites. The Department of Ecology will register and approve PROs and plans, collect a one‑time and ongoing registration fees, review annual reports and financials, maintain public lists, and can order compliance or impose civil penalties (up to $1,000 per day and higher for repeat violations) with appeals to the pollution control hearings board. An advisory council will advise plans and outreach. Important details are missing from the provided text—most notably the specific fee amounts and some rulemaking and enforcement procedures—so the exact cost to producers and the department’s fee schedule and some operational rules remain uncertain.