HB 1636: Eliminating the per transaction limit for wine and spirit sales.
Signed into law: Chapter 95, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Volz
- Introduced
- January 28, 2025
- Status
- C 95 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 21, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Removes the restriction that, generally, no single sale of bottled or packaged wine or spirits by certain retail liquor licensees may exceed 24 liters when the sale is to another liquor retailer that is licensed to sell wine or spirits for consumption on the premises.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 11, 202591 yea · 5 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 202541 yea · 8 nay
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