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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing multiple liquor licensees to have licensed premises within a facility owned and leased out by another liquor licensee or person."
+description: "Authorizing multiple liquor licensees to have licensed premises within a facility owned and leased out by another liquor licensee or person."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1701"
+citation: "Washington HB 1701 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-29"
+last_action: "2026-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7516af42-bf5c-46c0-9f42-c29288ce311a"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1701&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "82cff22787bfe387e1970de30e28e741ac9c1a30e533d240a02fc1f551ba92a9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1701 (2025-2026) — Authorizing multiple liquor licensees to have licensed premises within a facility owned and leased out by another liquor licensee or person.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1701.htm)
+2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1701-S2.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1701-S2.PL.htm)
+4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1701-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#34) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **92–2** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **89–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steele — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-29** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-18** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-19** Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2026-01-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
+- **2026-01-12** Referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-01-30** CPB - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-10** 2nd substitute bill substituted (CPB 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-23** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2026-03-12** Passed final passage; yeas, 89; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-24** Chapter 196, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-24** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7516af42-bf5c-46c0-9f42-c29288ce311a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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