---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excluding the common carrier licensees from the definition of retailer for the purposes of the three-tier system."
description: "Excluding the common carrier licensees from the definition of retailer for the purposes of the three-tier system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6095"
citation: "Washington SB 6095 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-19"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/681af35a-3da1-4935-9dab-8930e1c17d5a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6095&year=2019"
source_hash: "9bc8064fd4e0db320652700b5065bdfcb121533b76a1106f1da8e6a1b0405c7a"
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 SB 6095 (2019-2020) — Excluding the common carrier licensees from the definition of retailer for the purposes of the three-tier system.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6095.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6095-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6095-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#43) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** COG - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 200, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-03T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-25T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/681af35a-3da1-4935-9dab-8930e1c17d5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).