---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the license to manufacture, import, sell, and export liquor."
description: "Concerning the license to manufacture, import, sell, and export liquor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5909"
citation: "Washington SB 5909 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1371931-75b1-4150-8ee5-6433f4600ac1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5909&year=2019"
source_hash: "bf822e7de74d1375631a3e9e0ae5b335bcdb938db336527bfb2741ae9da9c6e8"
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 5909 (2019-2020) — Concerning the license to manufacture, import, sell, and export liquor.

## 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/5909.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#28) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** COG - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** 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, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `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 156, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-18T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-18T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+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/f1371931-75b1-4150-8ee5-6433f4600ac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).