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 Appropriations. 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 Pat Sullivan
Democrat
Kent
(360) 786-7858
Pat.Sullivan@leg.wa.gov

Representative Eileen Cody
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7978
Eileen.Cody@leg.wa.gov

Representative Zack Hudgins
Democrat
Tukwila
(360) 786-7956
Zack.Hudgins@leg.wa.gov

Representative Eric Pettigrew
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7838
Eric.Pettigrew@leg.wa.gov

Representative Joe Fitzgibbon
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7952
Joe.Fitzgibbon@leg.wa.gov

Representative Joe Schmick
Republican
Colfax
(360) 786-7844
Joe.Schmick@leg.wa.gov

Representative Derek Stanford
Democrat
Bothell
(360) 786-7928
Derek.Stanford@leg.wa.gov

Representative Laurie Jinkins
Democrat
Tacoma
(360) 786-7930
Laurie.Jinkins@leg.wa.gov

Representative Kristine Lytton
Democrat
Anacortes
(360) 786-7800
Kristine.Lytton@leg.wa.gov

Representative Drew Hansen
Democrat
Bainbridge Island
(360) 786-7842
Drew.Hansen@leg.wa.gov

Representative Gerry Pollet
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7886
Gerry.Pollet@leg.wa.gov

Representative Matt Manweller
Republican
Ellensburg
(360) 786-7808
Matt.Manweller@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 Tana Senn
Democrat
Mercer Island
(360) 786-7894
Tana.Senn@leg.wa.gov

Representative June Robinson
Democrat
Everett
(360) 786-7864
June.Robinson@leg.wa.gov

Representative Michelle Caldier
Republican
Port Orchard
(360) 786-7802
Michelle.Caldier@leg.wa.gov

Representative Paul Graves
Republican
Fall City
(360) 786-7876
Paul.Graves@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mike Volz
Republican
Spokane
(360) 786-7922
Mike.Volz@leg.wa.gov


The following legislators voted to refer the bill without recommendation:

Representative Steve Tharinger
Democrat
Sequim
(360) 786-7904
Steve.Tharinger@leg.wa.gov

Representative Drew MacEwen
Republican
Union
(360) 786-7902
Drew.MacEwen@leg.wa.gov

Representative Drew Stokesbary
Republican
Auburn
(360) 786-7846
Drew.Stokesbary@leg.wa.gov


The following legislators voted do not pass:

Representative Bruce Chandler
Republican
Zillah
(360) 786-7960
Bruce.Chandler@leg.wa.gov

Representative Ruth Kagi
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7910
Ruth.Kagi@leg.wa.gov

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

Representative Timm Ormsby
Democrat
Spokane
(360) 786-7946
Timm.Ormsby@leg.wa.gov

Representative Larry Haler
Republican
Richland
(360) 786-7986
Larry.Haler@leg.wa.gov

Representative David Taylor
Republican
Moxee
(360) 786-7874
David.Taylor@leg.wa.gov

Representative J.T. Wilcox
Republican
Roy
(360) 786-7912
JT.Wilcox@leg.wa.gov

Representative Paul Harris
Republican
Vancouver
(360) 786-7976
Paul.Harris@leg.wa.gov

Representative Vincent Buys
Republican
Lynden
(360) 786-7854
Vincent.Buys@leg.wa.gov

Representative Steve Bergquist
Democrat
Renton
(360) 786-7862
Steve.Bergquist@leg.wa.gov


Not voting:

Representative Larry Springer
Democrat
Kirkland
(360) 786-7822
Larry.Springer@leg.wa.gov



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