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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2204

HB 2204: Lim. spirits retail license

Concerning the creation of a limited spirits retail license.

Summary

  • Creates a limited spirits retail license for eligible grocery stores, authorizing the licensee to sell spirits in original containers to consumers for off-premises consumption, to sell spirits to permit holders, and to export spirits.
  • Imposes a 5 percent mitigation fee on spirits distributors and distilleries when they sell spirits to a limited spirits retail licensee.
  • Specifies how money from the mitigation fee is used, including for Liquor and Cannabis Board enforcement, for the Department of Commerce for distribution to countywide community mobilization programs, for law enforcement, and for the creation of a repayment fund.
  • Establishes a repayment fund to enable purchasers of state liquor store operating rights from the 2012 auction to seek reimbursement with interest, and makes additional changes to liquor statutes.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2204), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2020
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Steve Kirby (D-29)
Introduced
January 13, 2020 in the House
Last action
February 7, 2020
Companion bill
SB 6104
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 2204, SHB 2204, 2SHB 2204

AN ACT Relating to the creation of a limited spirits retail license;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Steve Kirby (D-29)

8 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Brandon Vick R-18Amy Walen D-48Chris Corry R-14Bill Jenkin R-16Larry Hoff R-18Jake Fey D-27Mike Chapman D-24Sharon Wylie D-49

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2204)
  2. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 2204)
  3. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 2204)
  4. COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  5. Minority; do not pass.
  6. Referred to Appropriations.
  7. First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming.
  8. Prefiled for introduction.

HB 2204 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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