Creating a hunger free Washington through a sugar-sweetened beverage tax and precluding a supplemental nutrition assistance program waiver.

 H-3430.1

HOUSE BILL 2734

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Representatives Street, Ramel, Wylie, Macri, Peterson, Pollet, and Ormsby

Read first time 02/06/26. Referred to Committee on Finance.

AN ACT Relating to creating a hunger free Washington through a sugar-sweetened beverage tax and precluding a supplemental nutrition assistance program waiver; amending RCW 82.84.040 ; adding a new section to chapter 43.20A RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 82 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that:

(a) Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption contributes to preventable chronic disease, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, and dental caries, and imposes significant costs on individuals, families, employers, and public health systems;