---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a soju endorsement to certain restaurant licenses."
description: "Establishing a soju endorsement to certain restaurant licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1034"
citation: "Washington HB 1034 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BUSINESSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryu"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-06"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01690c15-53c0-40e7-bd00-2ab64e9f7a42"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1034&year=2019"
source_hash: "b6d48e979cbebba4ad29008a1bdd45826dec76a5af75a5d8f529b8b173971def"
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 1034 (2019-2020) — Establishing a soju endorsement to certain restaurant licenses.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1034.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1034-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ryu — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-29** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 9. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-20** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 61, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-17T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-29T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-14T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-14T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01690c15-53c0-40e7-bd00-2ab64e9f7a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).