Call for Immediate Action: Voice Your Support for HB 1602

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In Olympia, the Washington State Legislature is currently in session. Lawmakers are considering a new law allowing breweries to contract with individuals or entities to satisfy food service requirements for a certain type of liquor license. If passed, HB 1602 would provide breweries with greater flexibility when looking to open additional locations. The House Consumer Protection and Business Committee is meeting today to hear public testimony. The Washington Brewers Guild will be there to voice its support.

Beyond that, you can easily lend your support by going here. Find your legislative district and your representatives, email them, and tell them that you support the passage of HB 1602. It is super-easy and super-fast. Tell them this: I support the passage of HB 1602. It is good for our breweries, and thus, it is good for our state and local economies. The benefits reach beyond breweries, too. People like me will benefit, and so will other businesses. There is no downside.

If a brewery wants to operate a new location using a restaurant liquor license (beer/wine, beer/wine/spirits), it must meet certain food service requirements. In large part, breweries make and sell beer but are not restauranteurs. It’s a different game, with different rules and requirements, and it presents an insurmountable hurdle for many breweries. It’s a skill set that many breweries do not possess and do not want to possess. The change of law offered in HB 1602 allows breweries to subcontract that part of the business to individuals or entities that are better suited for running the food service side of things.

From the Washington Brewers Guild: “HB 1602 would allow breweries to subcontract with one or more individuals or entities to satisfy food service requirements for restaurant liquor licenses (beer/wine, beer/wine/spirits). This bill would allow more flexibility for breweries looking to open additional locations while still meeting food service requirements.”


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