---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the cap on gross sales for cottage food operations."
description: "Increasing the cap on gross sales for cottage food operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1500"
citation: "Washington HB 1500 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eslick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79898d75-467e-4c13-8173-a13312612db4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1500&year=2023"
source_hash: "cc4aa54f2d95a805cb1c0358c2a60a74b2356bda6da13dbd335217e4e3e2aee0"
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 1500 (2023-2024) — Increasing the cap on gross sales for cottage food operations.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1500.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1500-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1500-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#20) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eslick — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-03** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (AGNR 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-09** AWNP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-03-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 352, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79898d75-467e-4c13-8173-a13312612db4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).