SENATE BILL REPORT
SB 6131
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As Reported by Senate Committee On:
Commerce & Labor, January 27, 2014
Title: An act relating to special occasion licenses.
Brief Description: Modifying special occasion licenses provisions.
Sponsors: Senators King, Kohl-Welles and Mullet.
Brief History:
Committee Activity: Commerce & Labor: 1/24/14, 1/27/14 [DPS].
SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & LABOR |
Majority Report: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6131 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.
Signed by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Chair; Braun, Vice Chair; Conway, Ranking Member; Hasegawa, Hewitt, King and Kohl-Welles.
Staff: Edith Rice (786-7444)
Background: A not-for-profit organization that obtains a special occasion liquor license may sell spirits, beer, and wine by the individual glass to be consumed on the premises. This license permits the licensee to serve liquor at a specified event, on a specified date and place. The fee for this license is $60 per day and the organization is limited to sales on no more than 12 days per year.
The sale, service, and consumption of spirits, beer, or wine is limited to a designated area only. If an organization gets prior permission from the Liquor Control Board, the licensee may sell spirits, beer, or wine in original, unopened containers for off-premises consumption as well.
Summary of Bill: The bill as referred to committee not considered.
Summary of Bill (Recommended Substitute): In addition to serving spirits, beer, and wine by the individual glass for on-premises consumption, a not-for-profit organization that obtains a special occasion liquor license may also sell wine in original, unopened containers for consumption on the premises, if prior permission is obtained from the Liquor Control Board.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Committee/Commission/Task Force Created: No.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Staff Summary of Public Testimony: PRO: The current prohibition on serving wine from the bottle at special occasions is problematic for some organizations. This bill solves that issue; we support it.
Persons Testifying: PRO: Jean Leonard, WA Wine Institute.