Agriculture: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 37 measures from the 2025-26 session under Agriculture. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and measures with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1294 · Pesticides, extending pesticide application safety work group
- HB 1553 · Dairy inspection program, extending expiration date
- HB 1588 · Organic agriculture action plan, developing to increase organic farming including low barrier microgrant program
- HB 1597 · Overtime, exempting agricultural workers for up to 50 hours for 12 weeks a year
- HB 1707 · Noxious weeds, requiring review process before listing certain crops as noxious weeds
- HB 1779 · Overtime, exempting agricultural workers for up to 50 hours for 26 weeks a year
- HB 1999 · Agricultural land, prohibiting acquisition by foreign adversaries
- HB 2028 · Agricultural land, prohibiting acquisition by business entities or investment entities
- HB 2052 · Agricultural workers, allowing to waive overtime pay
- HB 2154 · Conservation districts limited in purchasing land used for agricultural production
- HB 2238 · Statewide food security strategy, developing
- HB 2279 · PFAS chemicals evaluation program established
- HB 2388 · Solar energy production as accessory use for agricultural land
- HB 2409 · Agricultural workers under public employment relations commission for collective bargaining
- HB 2516 · Rodenticide moratorium and study
- HB 2525 · Heritage orchard program established for preserving heritage orchards and propagating rare/lost apple cultivars
- HB 2616 · Tree fruit leadership program appropriation
- HB 2619 · Joint legislative task force for reducing regulatory stress on agriculture established
- HR 4690 · Dairy industry, honoring
- SB 5018 · Noxious weeds, changing county weed boards to include one at large member
- SB 5055 · Agritourism, expanding allowable accessory uses to promote
- SB 5057 · Real estate, restricting Chinese purchasing of agricultural, forest, or mineral land
- SB 5074 · Seeds, modifying contract practices
- SB 5078 · Real estate, restricting Chinese purchasing of agricultural, forest, or mineral land
- SB 5117 · Food economics, availability, and security over time (FEAST) act, establishing to monitor regulatory costs
- SB 5391 · Sustainable farms and fields grant program, adding reduction of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions to priorities
- SB 5454 · Dairy inspection program, extending expiration date
- SB 5472 · Land, prohibition on ownership by certain foreign entities
- SB 5474 · Organic agriculture action plan, developing to increase organic farming
- SB 5487 · Overtime, exempting agricultural workers for up to 50 hours for 12 weeks a year
- SB 5816 · Juice grapes, fair prices and negotiation
- SB 5971 · Green fertilizer incentive program established to support low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer
- SB 6045 · Agricultural workers under public employment relations commission for collective bargaining
- SB 6090 · Heritage orchard program established for preserving heritage orchards and propagating rare/lost apple cultivars
- SB 6104 · Agricultural and fiscal impact determinations and mitigation proposals required for actions affecting agriculture
- SB 6330 · Herbicide containing paraquat, prohibition on use or sale
- SR 8688 · Washington's dairy farms, recognizing
All topics · All 2025-26 Washington State bills
Source: the Washington State Legislature’s Topical Index. OlympiaTrack is an independent bill-tracking service and is not affiliated with the Legislature.