Alcoholic Beverages: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 26 bills from the 2025-26 session under Alcoholic Beverages. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and bills with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1384 · Wine, tax exemption for wineries selling less than 20,000 gallons
- HB 1515 · Expanded outdoor alcohol service, allowing requests from local governments
- HB 1526 · Snack bar liquor license, removing certain requirements
- HB 1602 · Liquor licenses, use of subcontracted food services
- HB 1624 · Taxation and fees, requiring study
- HB 1636 · Sales, removing transaction size limit for sales to retailers
- HB 1698 · Liquor licenses, modifying and updating including special permits
- HB 1701 · Liquor licenses, allowing licensed premises in facility of another licensee
- HB 1719 · Special permits, modifying for approved events by manufacturers or retailers
- HB 1807 · Caterer's license, modifying
- HB 1977 · Civil actions, retailer responsibility for actions against server
- HB 2013 · Licenses, expanding for host cities
- HB 2035 · Fees, increasing for license, permit and endorsement
- HB 2079 · Stamp taxes, increasing
- HB 2128 · Licenses for sports entertainment facilities
- HB 2207 · Beer warehouse license
- HB 2476 · Seating limit raised for theaters serving alcohol
- HB 2536 · Wineries allowed to hold spirits, beer, and wine restaurant licenses at additional locations
- SB 5024 · Wine, tax exemption on first 20,000 gallons of wine or cider by winery
- SB 5054 · Wine, tax exemption for wineries selling less than 20,000 gallons
- SB 5330 · Drug testing devices, requiring licensees to provide for customers
- SB 5368 · Taxation and fees, requiring study
- SB 5371 · Sales, removing transaction size limit for sales to retailers
- SB 5389 · Sales revenue distributions, modifying
- SB 5399 · Liquor licenses, requiring timely application approval
- SB 5786 · Fees, increasing for license, permit and endorsement
All topics · All 2025-26 Washington State bills
Source: the Washington State Legislature’s Topical Index. OlympiaTrack is an independent bill-tracking service and is not affiliated with the Legislature.