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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning statewide food security."
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description: "Concerning statewide food security."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 2238"
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citation: "Washington HB 2238 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-02"
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last_action: "2026-03-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0146a81a-17bb-4eef-870f-7f115d848a1d"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2238&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "8199c0cfe377b6a11a45ab0998c7d73dea64b4854c74cadc77fec3b1c2a9c9ce"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 2238 (2025-2026) — Concerning statewide food security.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2238.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2238-S.E.htm)
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3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2238-S.htm)
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4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2238-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **83–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Reeves — primary (person)
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- Berg — cosponsor (person)
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- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
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- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
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- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
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- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Obras — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Santos — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
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- Thai — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
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- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-01-20** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-01-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-01-21** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (AGNR 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-23** ANR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
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- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-17** Chapter 83, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-17** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0146a81a-17bb-4eef-870f-7f115d848a1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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