WA People
BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5330

SB 5330: Spiked drink testing

Protecting consumers from spiked drinks.

Summary

  • Requires specified on-premises liquor licensees to offer drug testing devices, such as test strips, for sale to customers to detect the presence of controlled substances in a drink.
  • Allows a licensee to charge the customer an amount that does not exceed a reasonable amount based on the wholesale cost of the drug testing device.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5330), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2025
  2. Out of committeeFeb 18, 2025
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Manka Dhingra (D-45)
Introduced
January 17, 2025 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 2026
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5330, SSB 5330

AN ACT Relating to protecting consumers from spiked drinks at certain licensees of the liquor and cannabis board;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Manka Dhingra (D-45)

20 co-sponsors (18 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Jeff Holy R-6Lisa Wellman D-41Yasmin Trudeau D-27Claudia Kauffman D-47Adrian Cortes D-18Marcus Riccelli D-3Annette Cleveland D-49Bob Hasegawa D-11John Braun R-20Jesse Salomon D-32Vandana Slatter D-48Tina Orwall D-33Liz Lovelett D-40T'wina Nobles D-28Noel Frame D-36Deborah Krishnadasan D-26John Lovick D-44Derek Stanford D-1Javier Valdez D-46Claire Wilson D-30

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5330)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5330)
  4. Senate Rules "X" file.
  5. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 5330)
  6. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  7. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5330)
  8. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  9. LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5330)
  10. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5330)
  11. Minority; do not pass.
  12. LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  13. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

SB 5330 in other sessions

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

Report wrong or missing information on this page