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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Exempting certain mobile food units from state and local regulations pertaining to commissaries or servicing areas."
+description: "Exempting certain mobile food units from state and local regulations pertaining to commissaries or servicing areas."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2639"
+citation: "Washington HB 2639 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Buys"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-11"
+last_action: "2018-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f84dc59-ca62-4b45-bd4a-463c1d8da9d9"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2639&year=2017"
+source_hash: "501b8b5ef0092adbc909c236b1f4c28f22348985d06260f78c3ec4bee33780e4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 2639 (2017-2018) — Exempting certain mobile food units from state and local regulations pertaining to commissaries or servicing areas.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2639.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2639-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#20) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Buys — primary (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Graves — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Shea — cosponsor (person)
+- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
+- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
+- Vick — cosponsor (person)
+- Volz — cosponsor (person)
+- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Young — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-31** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-01-31** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-22** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
+- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-22** Chapter 167, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f84dc59-ca62-4b45-bd4a-463c1d8da9d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+