---
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).