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House Background Summary — EHB 2294, Negative Use Restrictions (As Passed House, February 13, 2026)

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This is the House Background Summary for EHB 2294, as passed House on February 13, 2026, titled an act relating to prohibiting negative use restrictions on real property that have the effect of limiting consumer access to food and medicine. The brief history lists committee activity in Consumer Protection & Business on 1/14/26 and 1/27/26 [DP] and the bill passing the House on 2/13/26, 69-25. Representatives Corry, Dent, Eslick and Tharinger are shown as absent and excused. Persons testifying include Representative Darya Farivar, prime sponsor, and Molly Pfaffenroth of the Washington Food Industry Association; Brandon Houskeeper of the NW Grocery Retail Association is listed under Other.

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                  HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
                           EHB 2294
                                        As Passed House:
                                        February 13, 2026

Title: An act relating to prohibiting negative use restrictions on real property that have the effect
     of limiting consumer access to food and medicine.

Brief Description: Prohibiting negative use restrictions on real property that have the effect of
     limiting consumer access to food and medicine.

Sponsors: Representatives Farivar, Zahn, Berry, Parshley, Ryu, Tharinger, Reeves, Reed,
    Ramel, Obras, Cortes, Nance, Street, Duerr, Kloba, Taylor, Doglio, Gregerson, Scott,
    Goodman, Macri, Fosse, Thai, Pollet, Bernbaum and Salahuddin.

Brief History:
     Committee Activity:
         Consumer Protection & Business: 1/14/26, 1/27/26 [DP].
     Floor Activity:
         Passed House: 2/13/26, 69-25.

Voting Yea: Representatives Abell, Barnard, Berg, Bergquist, Bernbaum, Berry, Bronoske,
Callan, Connors, Cortes, Davis, Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr, Engell, Entenman, Farivar, Fey,
Fitzgibbon, Fosse, Goodman, Gregerson, Hackney, Hall, Hill, Kloba, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Ley,
Low, Macri, McClintock, Mena, Morgan, Nance, Obras, Orcutt, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Parshley,
Paul, Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Reed, Reeves, Richards, Rule, Ryu, Salahuddin, Santos, Scott,
Shavers, Simmons, Springer, Stearns, Stonier, Street, Stuebe, Taylor, Thai, Thomas, Timmons,
Valdez, Walen, Waters, Wylie, Zahn and Jinkins

Voting Nay: Representatives Abbarno, Barkis, Burnett, Chase, Couture, Dufault, Dye, Graham,
Griffey, Jacobsen, Keaton, Klicker, Manjarrez, Marshall, McEntire, Mendoza, Penner, Rude,
Schmick, Schmidt, Steele, Stokesbary, Volz, Walsh and Ybarra

Absent:

Excused: Representatives Corry, Dent, Eslick and Tharinger




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Persons Testifying: (In support) Representative Darya Farivar, prime sponsor; and Molly
Pfaffenroth, Washington Food Industry Association.

(Other) Brandon Houskeeper, NW Grocery Retail Association.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.




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