WSR 26-09-065
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
LIQUOR AND CANNABIS
BOARD
[Filed April 13, 2026, 12:37 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Title 314 WAC. The Washington state liquor and cannabis board (board) is considering repealing, amending, and creating rule sections as necessary to implement 2SHB 1701 (chapter 196, Laws of 2026), related to liquor licensees leasing use of licensed premises to other liquor licensees.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Amendments to and repeal of existing rules, as well as the creation of new rules in Title 314 WAC, may be necessary to implement 2SHB 1701 and align rules with new statutory language which allows a liquor licensee to lease the use of their licensed premises to other liquor licensees while continuing to also operate out of the licensed premises.
Process for Developing New Rule: Collaborative rule making. Board staff will hold public stakeholder engagement meetings to discuss rule changes being considered and solicit feedback prior to filing a rule proposal. Interested parties will then have an opportunity to submit written comments on the proposed rules during a subsequent public comment period and may present oral testimony at a public hearing announced with the publication of the rule proposal.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Daniel Jacobs, Policy and Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 43080, Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-480-1238, fax 360-704-5027, email rules@lcb.wa.gov, website lcb.wa.gov.
Additional comments: Anyone who is interested in this rule-making effort is encouraged to sign up for the interested parties list (GovDelivery) at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/WALCB/subscriber/new. Rule-making notices and stakeholder engagement opportunities will be emailed via GovDelivery and posted to the board's website at lcb.wa.gov.
April 13, 2026
Justin Nordhorn, Director
Policy and External Affairs