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WashingtonHB 15152025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Modernizing the regulation of alcohol service in public spaces.

Sponsored By: Julia Reed (Democratic)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

6 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 3 mixed.

Alcohol delivery ends after July 2025

Starting July 1, 2025, businesses cannot sell alcohol by delivery under RCW 66.24.710. Where delivery is still authorized before that date, the driver must get a signature from a person age 21 or older who receives the order.

Authority ends 2027; needs 2025 funding

The law expires on December 31, 2027. Also, the law is null and void unless the omnibus budget provides specific funding for it by June 30, 2025.

Cities and venues can expand alcohol service

Through December 31, 2027, cities, towns, counties, and ports can ask the state board to allow outdoor alcohol service for eligible businesses. Approved areas use fences or clear barriers and can be shared by multiple licensees, who share responsibility for violations. An employee must be assigned to the outdoor area; a direct line of sight is not required. In cities over 220,000 people, civic campuses can host up to 25 events a year, with up to seven multiday events, using shared perimeters, security, signs, seven‑day public notice, and a joint operating plan; no extra local permit is needed and food need not be served in the alcohol zone if available elsewhere on the premises. Fan‑zone or host‑city areas can run one multiday event in June or July 2026 under the same rules. Drinking stays illegal in public places except inside these approved areas; breaking the rule is a class 3 civil infraction. Local governments that request expansion must provide police patrols and cleanup.

Local reviews and campus reports due

By September 1, 2026, any city, town, county, or port that used expanded service must do public outreach and review whether law enforcement, cleanup, and other resources were adequate, and send results to the state board. By January 1, 2027, any approved civic campus in a city over 220,000 that used the authority must report activities, benefits, and challenges to the Legislature and the board.

New fees for expanded alcohol events

The state board can charge cost‑based fees to licensees and to cities or other jurisdictions that apply for expanded service approvals. The $60 per‑day special occasion license fee stays in place, and the board may add another daily fee for civic campus or fan‑zone events. The law does not set the extra amount.

Easier event licenses, some drink limits

Caterers must be issued a caterer’s license for public events on qualifying civic campuses in cities over 220,000 people or in approved fan‑zone areas, if other rules are met. Nonprofit special occasion sellers keep the 12‑day yearly cap, but days at civic campus or fan‑zone events do not count toward the limit. A multi‑day agricultural fair can count as one event once a year with prior notice. At those campus and fan‑zone events, special occasion sellers cannot sell wine in original sealed containers for on‑site drinking.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Julia Reed

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Adison Richards

    Democratic • House

  • Amy Walen

    Democratic • House

  • Cindy Ryu

    Democratic • House

  • Julio Cortes

    Democratic • House

  • Liz Berry

    Democratic • House

  • Natasha Hill

    Democratic • House

  • Nicole Macri

    Democratic • House

  • Shaun Scott

    Democratic • House

  • Strom Peterson

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 200 • No: 41

House vote • 4/22/2025

Final Passage as Amended by the Senate

Yes: 80 • No: 16 • Other: 2

Senate vote • 4/16/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate

Yes: 37 • No: 12

House vote • 3/8/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 83 • No: 13 • Other: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 7/27/2025.

    5/19/2025House

  2. Chapter 361, 2025 Laws.

    5/19/2025House

  3. Governor signed.

    5/19/2025legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    4/25/2025legislature

  5. President signed.

    4/24/2025legislature

  6. Speaker signed.

    4/23/2025legislature

  7. Passed final passage; yeas, 80; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    4/22/2025House

  8. House concurred in Senate amendments.

    4/22/2025House

  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    4/16/2025House

  10. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    4/16/2025House

  11. Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

    4/16/2025House

  12. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    4/11/2025House

  13. Minority; without recommendation.

    4/8/2025House

  14. Minority; do not pass.

    4/8/2025House

  15. WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    4/8/2025House

  16. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    4/8/2025House

  17. Referred to Ways & Means.

    4/1/2025House

  18. And refer to Ways & Means.

    3/31/2025House

  19. Minority; without recommendation.

    3/31/2025House

  20. Minority; do not pass.

    3/31/2025House

  21. LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    3/31/2025House

  22. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

    3/11/2025House

  23. Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    3/8/2025House

  24. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/8/2025House

  25. 2nd substitute bill substituted.

    3/8/2025House

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