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

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2294 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2294 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-11. 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: —
Latest action: 2026-03-11 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-07
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-14
Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-21
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-27
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-27
CPB - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-27
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-27
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-30
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-12
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-13
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-02-13
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-13
Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3
2026-02-17
First reading, referred to Business, Trade & Economic Development.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-19
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-25
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-25
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 4:00 PM.
2026-02-25
BTE - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-25
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-25
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-27
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-03-03
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-03
Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-03-04
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-04
President signed.
passage
2026-03-05
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-11
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-11
Chapter 24, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-11
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law

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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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

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

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