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WA HB 2294

enacted

Prohibiting negative use restrictions on real property that have the effect of limiting consumer access to food and medicine.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did WA HB 2294 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2294 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-11): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA HB 2294 about?

WA HB 2294 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Prohibiting negative use restrictions on real property that have the effect of limiting consumer access to food and medicine.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2294?

Farivar is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2294, joined by 26 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-11 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Farivarprimary
  • Bernbaumcosponsor
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Thaicosponsor
  • Fossecosponsor
  • Macricosponsor
  • Goodmancosponsor
  • Scottcosponsor
  • Gregersoncosponsor
  • Dogliocosponsor
  • Taylorcosponsor
  • Klobacosponsor
  • Duerrcosponsor
  • Salahuddincosponsor
  • Nancecosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor
  • Obrascosponsor
  • Ramelcosponsor
  • Reedcosponsor
  • Reevescosponsor
  • Tharingercosponsor
  • Ryucosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor
  • Berrycosponsor
  • Zahncosponsor
  • Farivarcosponsor
  • Streetcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-11

    Effective date 6/11/2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-03-11

    Chapter 24, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2026-03-11

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-03-05

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-03-04

    President signed.

    passage

  6. 2026-03-04

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  7. 2026-03-03

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  8. 2026-03-03

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2026-02-27

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  10. 2026-02-25

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  11. 2026-02-25

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2026-02-25

    BTE - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-02-25

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 4:00 PM.

  14. 2026-02-25

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.

  15. 2026-02-19

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.

  16. 2026-02-17

    First reading, referred to Business, Trade & Economic Development.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  17. 2026-02-13

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 4.

    reading-3

  18. 2026-02-13

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  19. 2026-02-13

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  20. 2026-02-12

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  21. 2026-01-30

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-01-27

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  23. 2026-01-27

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  24. 2026-01-27

    CPB - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2026-01-27

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.

  26. 2026-01-21

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.

  27. 2026-01-14

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.

  28. 2026-01-12

    First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  29. 2026-01-07

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31)

    2026-02-13 · pass · 69-25

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: yes
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: yes
    • Corry: other
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: other
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: other
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11)

    2026-03-03 · pass · 35-14

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2294&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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