BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 2616: Agriculture

Concerning agriculture.

Summary

Enacts the Framework for Agriculturally Resilient Markets Act.
Requires convening of agencies to develop a strategy to expand institutional purchasing of Washington-grown food.
Provides a temporary exemption for packaging used to store perishable agricultural products from producer responsibility requirements.
Removes an expiration date from an agricultural fuel exemption in the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), and exempts emissions related to lubricants from the CCA.
Adds an agricultural production or food storage exemption to hydrofluorocarbon and emissions reduction requirements.
Adds an exception to notice requirements for mass layoffs affecting agricultural employees or dairy employees.

From the House Bill Analysis 2026 (HB 2616), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to agriculture;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2616 (2019–20) Nonparticipating providers · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2616 (2017–18) Bilingual instr/eligibility · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2616 (2015–16) Watershed management actions · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2616 (2013–14) Parents w/devel disabilities · Enacted · Chapter 163, Laws of 2014
HB 2616 (2011–12) Publ utility districts/water · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2616 (2009–10) School district reorg plan · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2616 (2007–08) Safety corridor projects · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2616 (2005–06) State park fees · Did not pass · died in committee