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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
                              SENATE BILL 5508
                           Chapter 19, Laws of 2024
                               68th Legislature
                             2024 Regular Session
             STATE BUILDING CODE—TEMPORARY GREENHOUSES
                      EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the Senate January 24, 2024                CERTIFICATE
  Yeas 48 Nays 0
                                        I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
                                        the   Senate   of  the   State   of
              DENNY HECK                Washington, do hereby certify that
President of the Senate                 the attached is SENATE BILL 5508 as
                                        passed by the Senate and the House
                                        of Representatives on the dates
                                        hereon set forth.
Passed by the House February 22, 2024
  Yeas 93 Nays 0
                                                  SARAH BANNISTER
            LAURIE JINKINS                                           Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved March 13, 2024 11:06 AM                        FILED
                                                    March 14, 2024
                                                 Secretary of State
              JAY INSLEE                         State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
                                 SENATE BILL 5508
                   Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
     State of Washington         68th Legislature      2023 Regular Session
     By Senators Short, Shewmake, Warnick, J. Wilson, and L. Wilson
     Read first time 01/23/23.    Referred to Committee on State Government
     & Elections.
1        AN   ACT  Relating   to  promoting   local   agriculture  through
2    greenhouses; amending RCW 19.27.015 and 19.27.065; and creating a new
3    section.
4    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
 5       NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature recognizes that both food
 6   security and food quality are increasingly threatened by ongoing
 7   logistical supply line disruptions and inflation. Access to and
 8   affordability of food, in particular fresh fruits and vegetables, is
 9   vital to the health and well-being of our citizens. The legislature
10   finds that supporting the growth and development of innovative new
11   low-energy techniques for the year-round production of fresh fruits
12   and vegetables at the local level is a crucial part of solving this
13   need. Local food banks have done tremendous work in providing access
14   to nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislature finds that
15   supporting local food banks in providing access to affordable
16   nutrition enhances the health and welfare of our citizens. The
17   legislature seeks to encourage the adoption of these techniques by
18   individual families in order to increase and enhance access and
19   availability to fresh year-round food supplies for themselves and
20   their communities.
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 1       Sec. 2.   RCW 19.27.015 and 2018 c 207 s 1 are each amended to
 2   read as follows:
 3       As used in this chapter:
 4       (1) "Agricultural structure" means a structure designed and
 5   constructed to house farm implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock,
 6   or other horticultural products. This structure may not be a place of
 7   human habitation or a place of employment where agricultural products
 8   are processed, treated, or packaged, nor may it be a place used by
 9   the public.
10       (2) "City" means a city or town.
11       (3) "Commercial building permit" means a building permit issued
12   by a city or a county to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move,
13   demolish, or change the occupancy of any building not covered by a
14   residential building permit.
15       (4)   "Multifamily  residential   building"  means   common  wall
16   residential buildings that consist of four or fewer units, that do
17   not exceed two stories in height, that are less than five thousand
18   square feet in area, and that have a one-hour fire-resistive
19   occupancy separation between units.
20       (5) "Residential building permit" means a building permit issued
21   by a city or a county to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move,
22   demolish, or change the occupancy of any building containing only
23   dwelling units used for independent living of one or more persons
24   including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking,
25   and sanitation, and structures accessory to dwelling units, such as
26   detached garages and storage buildings.
27       (6) "Temporary growing structure" means a structure that has the
28   ((sides and)) roof covered with polyethylene, polyvinyl, or similar
29   flexible synthetic material and is used to provide plants with either
30   frost protection or increased heat retention.
31       Sec. 3.   RCW 19.27.065 and 1996 c 157 s 2 are each amended to
32   read as follows:
33       The provisions of this chapter do not apply to temporary growing
34   structures   used   solely   for  the  ((commercial))   production   of
35   horticultural    plants    including  ornamental    plants,    flowers,
36   vegetables, and fruits. A temporary growing structure is not
37   considered a building or structure for purposes of this chapter.
          Passed by the Senate January 24, 2024.
          Passed by the House February 22, 2024.
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Approved by the Governor March 13, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2024.
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Statutes affected: 
Original Bill: 19.27.015, 19.27.065
Bill as Passed Legislature: 19.27.015, 19.27.065
Session Law: 19.27.015, 19.27.065