Committee Passage Notice for 2681 HB

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HB 2681, titled AN ACT Relating to implementing the federal produce safety rule, has been passed by the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources. The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

This bill, among other provisions, gives the Washington State Department of Agriculture statutory authority to implement the new federal Produce Safety Rule. It establishes a new voluntary compliance program allowing farms to verify they comply with the produce safety rules regardless of whether the rule covers their farm. The fees to cover these voluntary compliance inspections will be set by rule. At this time, neither the fee for the voluntary compliance inspections nor the number of farms that may participate can be forecasted. Therefore, the total ten-year cost to fee payers is indeterminate.

The following legislators voted do pass:

Representative Bruce Chandler
Republican
Zillah
(360) 786-7960
Bruce.Chandler@leg.wa.gov

Representative Ed Orcutt
Republican
Kalama
(360) 786-7990
Ed.Orcutt@leg.wa.gov

Representative Eric Pettigrew
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7838
Eric.Pettigrew@leg.wa.gov

Representative Brian Blake
Democrat
Cosmopolis
(360) 786-7870
Brian.Blake@leg.wa.gov

Representative Larry Springer
Democrat
Kirkland
(360) 786-7822
Larry.Springer@leg.wa.gov

Representative Joel Kretz
Republican
Wauconda
(360) 786-7988
Joel.Kretz@leg.wa.gov

Representative Joe Fitzgibbon
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7952
Joe.Fitzgibbon@leg.wa.gov

Representative Joe Schmick
Republican
Colfax
(360) 786-7844
Joe.Schmick@leg.wa.gov

Representative Derek Stanford
Democrat
Bothell
(360) 786-7928
Derek.Stanford@leg.wa.gov

Representative Kristine Lytton
Democrat
Anacortes
(360) 786-7800
Kristine.Lytton@leg.wa.gov

Representative Vincent Buys
Republican
Lynden
(360) 786-7854
Vincent.Buys@leg.wa.gov

Representative June Robinson
Democrat
Everett
(360) 786-7864
June.Robinson@leg.wa.gov

Representative Tom Dent
Republican
Moses Lake
(360) 786-7932
Tom.Dent@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jim Walsh
Republican
Aberdeen
(360) 786-7806
Jim.Walsh@leg.wa.gov


Not voting:

Representative Mike Chapman
Democrat
Port Angeles
(360) 786-7916
Mike.Chapman@leg.wa.gov



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