---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning cottage food product labeling requirements."
description: "Concerning cottage food product labeling requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2217"
citation: "Washington HB 2217 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eslick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-06"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8891d73-784f-4efd-8a3c-f809006016a7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2217&year=2019"
source_hash: "e5209bbae8a1c0520ee44a6746a0d515a3335d9da9f0c062352747e028cf8fbb"
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 2217 (2019-2020) — Concerning cottage food product labeling requirements.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2217.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#48) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eslick — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkin — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-24** RDAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 171, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-17T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2020-01-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8891d73-784f-4efd-8a3c-f809006016a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).