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Longview staff: new state laws take much of health oversight for food trucks away from cities
Summary
City staff outlined how Senate Bill 1008 (effective Sept. 1) and House Bill 2844 (effective July 1, 2026) will remove much local permitting authority over mobile food units, preserve local zoning control, and create enforcement and reimbursement uncertainties.
City staff outlined on Sept. 11 how two recent state laws will sharply limit Longview’s local permitting authority over mobile food trucks while leaving zoning control with the city.
Shirley, a city staff member, told the City Council that "Senate Bill 1,008 . . . limits our ability to issue permits as to only those permits that the state issues," and that the bill is effective Sept. 1. Shirley said the city already revised fee processes to align with state fees and that the state rule now controls whether a local permit may be issued for a given retail food establishment.
Shirley said the longer-term change is House Bill 2844, which will take effect July 1, 2026, and "basically takes jurisdiction for . . . food trucks away from cities . . . and will put that directly under the state Department of State Health…
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