H-3235.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2207
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By House Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by Representatives McClintock and Reed)
READ FIRST TIME 02/03/26.
AN ACT Relating to warehousing of alcohol; amending RCW 66.24.185 ; reenacting and amending RCW 66.24.240 ; and adding a new section to chapter 66.24 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 66.24 RCW to read as follows:
(1) There shall be a bonded and nonbonded beer warehouse license for beer warehouses that authorizes, to the extent allowed under federal law and under rules adopted by the board, the storage and handling of beer in bond and the storage and handling of tax-paid beer not in bond. Under this license a licensee may maintain a warehouse for the storage and handling of federally authorized beer off the premises of a brewery for brewers qualified under RCW 66.24.240 , 66.24.244 , or 66.24.270 , or entities otherwise licensed and permitted in this state. Beer may also be transferred in bond from out-of-state manufacturers to the extent allowed by federal law and under rules adopted by the board. Beer may be stored and handled and is not for processing or bottling in the beer warehouse. An applicant must designate clearly in its license application to the board the sections of the warehouse that are bonded and nonbonded with a physical separation between such spaces. Only beer in bond may be stored in the bonded sections of the warehouse and only beer that has been removed from bond tax-paid may be stored in nonbonded areas of the warehouse. The proprietor of the warehouse must maintain a plan for tracking beer being stored in the warehouse to ensure compliance with relevant bonding and tax obligations. Nothing in this section prohibits the storage of nonalcohol products in a bonded or nonbonded section of the warehouse. The fee for this license is $150 per year, unless an applicant is already licensed under RCW 66.24.185 , in which case there is no fee for a license under this section.