---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing short-term disaster recovery financial assistance to agricultural producers."
description: "Providing short-term disaster recovery financial assistance to agricultural producers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2051"
citation: "Washington HB 2051 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION", "CONSERVATION COMMISSION", "FARMS AND FARMING", "NATURAL DISASTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rule"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1806f361-3656-4990-8486-9280164e3a1c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2051&year=2021"
source_hash: "21c8b675eff6481e17147c3b1a366b2e66377fdbc9aa6fe56be4ba805bb45d51"
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 2051 (2021-2022) — Providing short-term disaster recovery financial assistance to agricultural producers.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2051.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2051-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rule — primary (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** AWNP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 280, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 3/31/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-25T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-01T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/1806f361-3656-4990-8486-9280164e3a1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).