---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating the per transaction limit for wine and spirit sales."
description: "Eliminating the per transaction limit for wine and spirit sales."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1636"
citation: "Washington HB 1636 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Volz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aaf279f-fc29-48cc-bc0f-50ba58901be7"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1636&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7c3dd9684f271dd2db031b3f51e6a5d9ced51b8adc356681ced0a282ccb3594f"
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 1636 (2025-2026) — Eliminating the per transaction limit for wine and spirit sales.

## 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/1636.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1636.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **91–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Volz — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- McClintock — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** CPB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-01** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-01** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 95, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** 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/1aaf279f-fc29-48cc-bc0f-50ba58901be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).