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We track 27 rules from 9 laws and lists for consumer goods here, and 4 changes starting in the next 24 months. Type your product to see which apply.
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4 changes to 5 rules start in Washington in the next 24 months.
- Producer participation requirementBeginning January 1, 2027, each producer selling, making available for saleWashington battery stewardship (chapter 70A.555 RCW, 2023 c 434)
- Flame retardants2 requirements, including PFAS as defined in WashingtonWashington Safer Products restriction: organohalogen flame retardants in plastic external enclosures of indoor electric
- Retailers requirementBeginning July 1, 2027 for portable batteries (July 1, 2029 for medium format)Washington battery stewardship (chapter 70A.555 RCW, 2023 c 434)
- Flame retardants requirementNo person may manufacture, sell, or distribute in Washington an indoor electricWashington Safer Products restriction: organohalogen flame retardants in plastic external enclosures of indoor electric
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ClaraDB gives a verdict only for PFAS state laws for cookware and bakeware, California Proposition 65 consumer-product warning check for BPA, BPS, formaldehyde, styrene, antimony trioxide, vinyl acetate, lead and cadmium, California Proposition 65 warning check for candles and ceramicware (lead, cadmium, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene), US packaging EPR producer size thresholds (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington) for a brand-owning manufacturer, US lead in children's products and furniture (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in toys and child care articles (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in children's products (other) and bags (lead paint and total lead content), US phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP) and US children's product certificate and tracking label for children's tableware (AI-checked, quotes verified word for word). Every other answer shows the laws and quotes found without saying whether they apply. Not checked: Consumer electronics (FCC equipment authorization, 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15, energy rules). What ClaraDB has checked
Home and kitchen goodsMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20252 areas read · 2 not read yet
- Safer Products for Washington restrictions and reporting (WAC 173-337) as they apply to the listed categories
- PFAS in apparel and accessories, and reporting for backpacks and bags (WAC 173-337-110(5), (8))
- proposed 2025 PFAS amendments not yet adopted
- outdoor-only products
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 1 not read yet
- Cosmetic Products Toxic Chemicals (RCW 70A.560, fetched 2026-10-09)
- WAC 173-337 categories other than cosmetics
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources
Washington (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources
Washington (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sources
Washington (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
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Laws
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10 of 27 rules match the industry. Open a law to read its rules.
The product's package and packaging components (blocking, cushioning, coatings, closures, inks, labels) have no intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium above 100 ppm together, and the manufacturer keeps a certificate of compliance
Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: the sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution in any package or packaging component must not exceed 100 parts per million by weight (RCW 70A.222.020(3)); the manufacturer (the person that applies a package to a product for distribution or sale, 70A.222.010(2)) develops a signed certificate of compliance, keeps it on file and furnishes it to the department of ecology on request within sixty days (70A.222.040); the department may prohibit the sale of a package whose manufacturer fails to answer (70A.222.060). Package (70A.222.010(3)): a container providing a means of marketing, protecting, or handling a product, including unit, intermediate and shipping containers.
Exemptions (1)
Metals added to comply with federal health or safety requirements, or where there is no feasible alternative
“(3) Those packages or packaging components to which lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium have been added in the manufacturing, forming, printing, or distribution process in order to comply with health or safety requirements of federal law or for which there is no feasible alternative; or”
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Washington State Legislature RCW page (chapter, full text).
- You offer the product in Washington in a package (RCW 70A.222.010(2): a manufacturer is a person "that applies a package to a product for distribution or sale"); a product sold with no packaging has nothing to comply
In force since 1 Jul 1993
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jul 1993
RCW 70A.222.020: 600 ppm effective July 1, 1993; 250 ppm July 1, 1994; 100 ppm July 1, 1995.
“The sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium present in any package or packaging component shall not exceed the following:”
- Conformity
The product's package and packaging components (blocking, cushioning, coatings, closures, inks, labels) have no intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium above 100 ppm together, and the manufacturer keeps a certificate of compliance
Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: the sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution in any package or packaging component must not exceed 100 parts per million by weight (RCW 70A.222.020(3)); the manufacturer (the person that applies a package to a product for distribution or sale, 70A.222.010(2)) develops a signed certificate of compliance, keeps it on file and furnishes it to the department of ecology on request within sixty days (70A.222.040); the department may prohibit the sale of a package whose manufacturer fails to answer (70A.222.060). Package (70A.222.010(3)): a container providing a means of marketing, protecting, or handling a product, including unit, intermediate and shipping containers.
Exemptions (1)
Metals added to comply with federal health or safety requirements, or where there is no feasible alternative
“(3) Those packages or packaging components to which lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium have been added in the manufacturing, forming, printing, or distribution process in order to comply with health or safety requirements of federal law or for which there is no feasible alternative; or”
RCW 70A.222.030(3) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27Washington State Legislature: RCW 70A.222.010-70A.222.040(opens in a new tab) Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Washington State Legislature RCW page (chapter, full text).
- Applies when
- You offer the product in Washington in a package (RCW 70A.222.010(2): a manufacturer is a person "that applies a package to a product for distribution or sale"); a product sold with no packaging has nothing to comply
- Effective
In force since 1 Jul 1993
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jul 1993
RCW 70A.222.020: 600 ppm effective July 1, 1993; 250 ppm July 1, 1994; 100 ppm July 1, 1995.
- Source
“The sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium present in any package or packaging component shall not exceed the following:”
RCW 70A.222.020 · fetched 2026-10-27Washington State Legislature: RCW 70A.222.010-70A.222.040(opens in a new tab)
Categories
Categories with rules
The product categories with the most rules here, sub-categories included.
Sources
Sources
Where the rules come from, and when we last checked each source.
- Washington Ecology Safer Products PFAS preliminary regulatory analysis (June 2025), publication 2504027(opens in a new tab)Washington State Department of Ecology · Regulation (PDF)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Washington Laws 2025, chapter 353 (ESHB 1483, Right to Repair Act; new chapter in Title 19 RCW)(opens in a new tab)Washington State Legislature · Statute (PDF)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Revised Code of Washington 62A.2-316 (exclusion or modification of warranties; (4) household goods)(opens in a new tab)Washington State Legislature · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Washington RCW chapter 70A.208, Solid waste: packaging and paper products producer responsibility (2025 c 316, SB 5284)(opens in a new tab)Washington State Legislature (Code Reviser) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Washington RCW chapter 70A.222 (packages containing metals: toxics in packaging)(opens in a new tab)Washington State Legislature · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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- Revised Code of Washington 70A.405.010 and 70A.405.020 (polybrominated diphenyl ethers: definitions; prohibition on noncomestible products)(opens in a new tab)Washington State Legislature (Code Reviser) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Revised Code of Washington chapter 70A.430 (Children's Safe Products Act)(opens in a new tab)Washington State Legislature (Code Reviser) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Revised Code of Washington chapter 70A.555 (Batteries: environmental stewardship)(opens in a new tab)Washington State Legislature (Code Reviser) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Washington RCW 70A.560 Cosmetic Products - Toxic Chemicals (Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, 2023 c 455): sections .005, .010, .020, .030, .900(opens in a new tab)Washington State Legislature (Code Reviser) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- WAC 173-337 Safer Products Restrictions and Reporting (adopted rule text)(opens in a new tab)Washington State Code Reviser / Department of Ecology · Regulation (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 2 versions kept
- Washington WAC 173-339 Cosmetic Products Restrictions (Department of Ecology, WSR 25-18-057, Order 24-01): formaldehyde and 25 formaldehyde releasers in cosmetics (WAC 173-339-110)(opens in a new tab)Washington State Legislature (Code Reviser, WAC online) · Regulation (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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