republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5537.md

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Bill	Authorizing licensed spirits and wine distributors to sell spirits and wine products to their employees in certain circumstances.	Authorizing licensed spirits and wine distributors to sell spirits and wine products to their employees in certain circumstances.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5537	Washington SB 5537 (2017-2018)	bill	ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES	enacted	King	2	26	2	2017-01-27	2017-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/f377137f-bdd3-431f-bd84-96758333a53f	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5537&year=2017	8e6ac2d4a8cfa088d120e64995f894f0c7f2358ff16a3a4c897f22dfcd4d1fae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5537 (2017-2018) — Authorizing licensed spirits and wine distributors to sell spirits and wine products to their employees in certain circumstances.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#2) — 76–21 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — 41–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• King — primary (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-27 First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. reading-1
• 2017-02-15 CLS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-15 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-17 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-02 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-06 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-15 CLS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-15 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-17 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-02 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-06 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-08 First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-21 COG - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-21 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-04-12 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-14 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-27 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-27 Chapter 160, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-27 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f377137f-bdd3-431f-bd84-96758333a53f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).