Agenda Update; House Commerce & Gaming

Washington State Legislature sent this bulletin at 02/09/2015 04:45 PM PST

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Added to Possible Executive Session: HB 1461, HB 1564, HB 1768, HB 1807, HB 1902, HB 1903, HB 1965, HB 1975, and HB 1976.

Commerce & Gaming* - 2/12/2015 9:00 a.m.

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED ON 2/9/2015 AT 3:45 PM

Possible Executive Session:

HB 1004 - Clarifying provisions that allow for the tasting of alcohol by students under twenty-one years of age.
HB 1108 - Creating a food truck beer and/or wine license.
HB 1124 - Permitting the sampling of beer and wine at locations licensed to serve beer and wine for on-premises consumption.
HB 1198 - Concerning the sale of beer and cider by grocery store licensees.
HB 1290 - Increasing the number of tasting rooms allowed under a domestic winery license.
HB 1342 - Permitting the sale of cider in microbrewery tasting rooms.
HB 1362 - Allowing sales of growlers of wine.
HB 1380 - Creating a special permit by a manufacturer of wine to hold a private event for the purpose of tasting and selling wine of its own production.
HB 1429 - Expanding authorized personal services by liquor industry members to retailers.
HB 1457 - Authorizing sixteen and seventeen year old store employees to handle liquor.
HB 1461 - Relating to marijuana.
HB 1478 - Allowing additional liquor distributor employees to stock liquor under certain circumstances.
HB 1552 - Concerning industrial hemp.
HB 1564 - Concerning the local option prohibition on the sale of liquor.
HB 1768 - Authorizing a licensed domestic brewery or microbrewery to provide promotional items to a nonprofit charitable corporation or association.
HB 1807 - Assisting small businesses licensed to sell spirits in Washington state.
HB 1902 - Renaming the spirits retail license fee as a tax and dedicating revenue to education.
HB 1903 - Modifying distillers' spirit sampling provisions.
HB 1965 - Implementing a temporary additional fee on licenses and permits issued by the Washington state liquor control board.
HB 1975 - Exempting distillers from certain licensing fees.
HB 1976 - Concerning marketing opportunities for spirits produced in Washington by craft and general licensed distilleries.

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