---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning liquor licenses."
description: "Concerning liquor licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1557"
citation: "Washington HB 1557 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MacEwen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45cda5d1-b92c-4355-ab1e-b0daa42e4a81"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1557&year=2019"
source_hash: "5500f0498dab6c12bf98160d9b79097f7980126aaacd7daa770657e53b755cbd"
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 1557 (2019-2020) — Concerning liquor 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/1557.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1557-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1557-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#19) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MacEwen — primary (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Commerce & Gaming.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-05** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Commerce & Gaming.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 370, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-21T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-26T12:30:00+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/45cda5d1-b92c-4355-ab1e-b0daa42e4a81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).