---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning liquor licensees' use of web sites and social media to promote authorized events."
description: "Concerning liquor licensees' use of web sites and social media to promote authorized events."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5394"
citation: "Washington SB 5394 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0091dc4-a3ea-4dd7-9903-eb5e58f98059"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5394&year=2019"
source_hash: "b7ac6056f7a2da24b634cd5a10b090d45ddd25917bd7c8d9b818779fded8b1c1"
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 5394 (2019-2020) — Concerning liquor licensees' use of web sites and social media to promote authorized events.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5394.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5394-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#7) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-04** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** COG - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Chapter 149, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-04T18:05:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 01:05 PM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-19T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0091dc4-a3ea-4dd7-9903-eb5e58f98059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).