---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing food service options for liquor licensees."
description: "Addressing food service options for liquor licensees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1602"
citation: "Washington HB 1602 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f07f118-9e20-4d05-8a16-afda18b9d6a2"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1602&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "00054174a177d9c3844cb6aacc0f7c1f8689f4034b410350f1b772fb0b3fd8d4"
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 1602 (2025-2026) — Addressing food service options for liquor licensees.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1602.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1602.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1602.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waters — primary (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Waters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-11** CPB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-31** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Chapter 141, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-22** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f07f118-9e20-4d05-8a16-afda18b9d6a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).