---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the spirits, beer, and wine theater license."
description: "Modifying the spirits, beer, and wine theater license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2476"
citation: "Washington HB 2476 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dufault"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdd23960-e422-47c6-a4b9-be40188b569b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2476&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6d08eeb5efd185eca2db43f0e696969c5548e423d23f8af13f6a95556be47939"
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 2476 (2025-2026) — Modifying the spirits, beer, and wine theater 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/2476.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2476-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2476-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2476-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **38–10** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **81–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dufault — primary (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-28** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (CPB 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 81; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-11** Chapter 30, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-11** 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/cdd23960-e422-47c6-a4b9-be40188b569b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).