---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the snack bar liquor license."
description: "Modifying the snack bar liquor license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1526"
citation: "Washington HB 1526 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81387b01-8413-4def-8816-022678a96299"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1526&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "b4858c0a9d6343f233ef4c5a3b92ae2617490b8b05e271b9e54a9d0f8587c3c8"
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 1526 (2025-2026) — Modifying the snack bar liquor 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1526.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1526.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **87–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **90–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schmick — primary (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Waters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** 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.
- **2025-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-05** CPB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-02-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:45 AM.
- **2026-02-24** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-12** Passed final passage; yeas, 87; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 192, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81387b01-8413-4def-8816-022678a96299`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).