Liquor Related Legislative Session Update - Washington Alcohol Server Classes | Alcohol Server Training (MAST) Permits WA

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Mar. 12 at 5 p.m. was the last day for the Washington State Legislature to consider bills in their house of origin. Prior to this cutoff, LCB’s agency request legislation bill, House Bill 1698, passed the house with 95 yeas, 0 nays, 0 absent, and 3 excused.

In short, HB 1698, an act relating to updating liquor permit and licensing provisions, makes changes to definitions under the alcohol server permit statutes clarifying that all persons selling and serving alcohol for on-premises consumption at a licensed facility need to get an alcohol server permit. It also eliminates a special liquor permit and the public house liquor license, both no longer used by licensees. This bill has now been referred to the Senate’s Labor & Commerce Committee.

The policy committees in the opposite house now have until Apr. 2, 2025, to review, hear, modify, and move bills.

For more information, go to the Washington Legislature website here. You can browse bills by topic here.