---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning complimentary liquor by short-term rental operators."
description: "Concerning complimentary liquor by short-term rental operators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1731"
citation: "Washington HB 1731 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waters"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e341b2a-5550-41a7-871b-f89c8dbdcf93"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1731&year=2023"
source_hash: "a9209f9fc0327a1edffe2cf3123384e06c2c8cb38c93a3d3e3485fe464e853c2"
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 1731 (2023-2024) — Concerning complimentary liquor by short-term rental operators.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1731.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1731-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1731-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1731-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **86–10** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **90–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waters — primary (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchins — cosponsor (person)
- Klicker — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- McClintock — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-13** RSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (RSG 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 86; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 257, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e341b2a-5550-41a7-871b-f89c8dbdcf93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).