---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing civil penalties for the unlawful sale or supply of alcohol to minors."
description: "Establishing civil penalties for the unlawful sale or supply of alcohol to minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2260"
citation: "Washington HB 2260 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f7d502a-c4f8-4e03-934b-9499782bc44c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2260&year=2023"
source_hash: "3b0c3b72860295d5ac9ed9c648fca2ed9fe75d8d02d8ed8f7e0e80a1d00b1a71"
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 2260 (2023-2024) — Establishing civil penalties for the unlawful sale or supply of alcohol to minors.

## 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/2260.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2260.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waters — primary (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-23** RSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-15** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 71, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f7d502a-c4f8-4e03-934b-9499782bc44c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).