Committee Passage Notice for 2609 SHB

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SHB 2609, titled AN ACT Relating to modernizing and clarifying in-state distilled spirits production licenses and fees, has been passed by the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming. The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Authorization is provided for the following agencies to raise taxes or fees:

Liquor and Cannabis Board

For ease of viewing, the 10-year projection is available by clicking on the following link:

https://ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/budget/taxfee/2609SHBfeetable.pdf

In addition to the amounts estimated in the table linked above, this bill requires each merchant bottler to pay a production excise fee of twenty-five cents per liter of finished bottles or packages removed from bond tax determined or transferred in bond for its own sale. The Liquor and Cannabis Board has no data from which to estimate these fee totals, so the ten-year cost to fee payers of this element of the bill is indeterminate.

The following legislators voted do pass:

Representative Steve Kirby
Democrat
Tacoma
(360) 786-7996
Steve.Kirby@leg.wa.gov

Representative Brian Blake
Democrat
Cosmopolis
(360) 786-7870
Brian.Blake@leg.wa.gov

Representative Cindy Ryu
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7880
Cindy.Ryu@leg.wa.gov

Representative Brandon Vick
Republican
Vancouver
(360) 786-7850
Brandon.Vick@leg.wa.gov

Representative David Sawyer
Democrat
Tacoma
(360) 786-7906
David.Sawyer@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jesse Young
Republican
Gig Harbor
(360) 786-7964
Jesse.Young@leg.wa.gov

Representative Shelley Kloba
Democrat
Kirkland
(360) 786-7900
Shelley.Kloba@leg.wa.gov


The following legislators voted to refer the bill without recommendation:

Representative Cary Condotta
Republican
Wenatchee
(360) 786-7954
Cary.Condotta@leg.wa.gov


The following legislators voted do not pass:

Representative Bill Jenkin
Republican
Prosser
(360) 786-7836
Bill.Jenkin@leg.wa.gov



Legislative Bill Information Website: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/

Initiative 960 Website: http://www.ofm.wa.gov/tax/default.asp