---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting alcohol manufacturers from the food storage warehouse license."
description: "Exempting alcohol manufacturers from the food storage warehouse license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2699"
citation: "Washington HB 2699 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a03c6e32-0223-4da2-ab11-ad1d34189057"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2699&year=2017"
source_hash: "477534948c4e7782d98fcde86e4fa8a9899fd62a78110dd720483ced0f6795fe"
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 2699 (2017-2018) — Exempting alcohol manufacturers from the food storage warehouse license.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2699.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Nealey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** AGNR - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 96, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a03c6e32-0223-4da2-ab11-ad1d34189057`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).