---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning mobile food units."
description: "Concerning mobile food units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5218"
citation: "Washington SB 5218 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zeiger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/932bf08e-b0dc-44f4-b4ba-387d5bd13c9c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5218&year=2019"
source_hash: "8efd25eda0feb854f7f9a154aab0dc420fe6f8c8e09b5b400d0c929cb0f46faa"
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 SB 5218 (2019-2020) — Concerning mobile food units.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5218.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5218-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zeiger — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-07** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 185, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-07T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-15T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/932bf08e-b0dc-44f4-b4ba-387d5bd13c9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).