This bill (House Bill 1526, as amended by the Senate) rewrites RCW 66.24.350 to create a retailer's license designated as a "snack bar license." The license authorizes retail sale for on-premises consumption only of beer by the opened bottle or can and wine by the glass, and is available to places where sale of beer or wine is not the principal business. The annual license fee is $187.50. Legally, this is a modification of existing law (an amendment to RCW 66.24.350) establishing a new license category and related licensing rule. The text does not describe any changes to criminal penalties or enforcement procedures; no penalties or enforcement provisions are included in the extracted material. The extracted material shows legislative action dates (first read 01/23/25; passed Senate March 3, 2026; passed House March 12, 2026) and lists bill sponsors, but it does not explicitly name the agency that will issue the license, provide an effective date, or include any other sections, penalties, or administrative rules that may appear elsewhere in the bill.

If enacted, the bill creates a new low-cost "snack bar" retailer license that lets places where selling beer or wine is not their main business sell beer in opened bottles or cans and wine by the glass for customers to drink on the premises, for an annual fee of $187.50. That gives small food-focused businesses and other non-alcohol-first retailers a clear, inexpensive option to add on-site beer and wine service and likely a modest new revenue stream. The most affected parties are those small retailers and snack-bar-style operations that were previously excluded or faced higher-cost options; they will now have the choice to apply and pay the $187.50 yearly fee. The statute implies the state liquor control agency will handle licensing but that agency is not named in the provided text, and the chunk does not include an effective date or other implementation, enforcement, or related rule details, so timing and some operational requirements remain unclear.