---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the alcoholic beverage mead."
description: "Concerning the alcoholic beverage mead."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1176"
citation: "Washington HB 1176 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muri"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0caa198-38f3-432b-83a1-6cec4a071c3a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1176&year=2017"
source_hash: "161ffb2f0f0b5b922c6c0a6a703cc06052360b66ee886bd749f7240686eaf1c9"
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 1176 (2017-2018) — Concerning the alcoholic beverage mead.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1176.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1176-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#18) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Muri — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-13** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-14** Chapter 8, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-14** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0caa198-38f3-432b-83a1-6cec4a071c3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).