---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning distillery promotional items and spirit sample sales."
description: "Concerning distillery promotional items and spirit sample sales."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5589"
citation: "Washington SB 5589 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc72d310-f72c-4e5b-8d99-a4ec14109058"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5589&year=2017"
source_hash: "61af68af0c50a649ae8831b6f5f360e24291637aaf93d69db9ea7b531aa930d7"
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 SB 5589 (2017-2018) — Concerning distillery promotional items and spirit sample sales.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5589.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5589-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **40–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- Baumgartner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** CLS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-15** CLS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** COG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2017-04-19** House insists on its position and asks Senate to concur.
- **2017-04-20** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter 260, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-08** 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/dc72d310-f72c-4e5b-8d99-a4ec14109058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).