This bill creates a new section in chapter 66.24 RCW that requires holders of tavern, nightclub, hotel, or sports entertainment facility liquor licenses to offer drug testing devices for sale in any service area the licensee designates as off-limits to persons under 21 (excluding drink preparation and storage areas). Licensees may charge up to a reasonable amount based on the device's wholesale cost, must ensure devices are within their expiration or recommended-use periods, and must post a prominent, conspicuous notice viewable to customers that test kits are available. Licensees may offer devices free of charge. The bill defines key terms (listing several controlled substances and defining “drug testing devices” as products such as test strips, stickers, and straws designed to detect at least one controlled substance in a drink) and states a licensee is not liable for a defective test or an inaccurate result. It further states that a violation of this new section is not a violation of “this title.” The liquor and cannabis board must post on its website a link with information about the section’s requirements, including required signage and the types of devices required to be available at taverns or nightclubs. The act takes effect January 1, 2026. The extracted text does not specify how to determine the required “reasonable amount” price cap, who enforces compliance or what penalties, if any, apply, which specific title is referenced by “this title,” the precise content or placement standards for the required notice, or the specific device types required for taverns and nightclubs (those details are delegated to the board’s web guidance).

If enacted, taverns, nightclubs, hotels, and sports entertainment venues that set areas as off-limits to people under 21 will have to make drug-test devices available for sale in those areas, keep those devices within manufacturer expiration or use-period limits, and post a clear notice that kits are available; they can charge a small markup tied to wholesale cost or give kits away, and the state board must put guidance online. Customers at those venues will have easier access to test strips, straws, stickers, or similar products that check for certain drugs like GHB, ketamine, and flunitrazepam starting January 1, 2026. The immediate effects fall mainly on licensees, who will face added inventory and signage obligations and small supply costs but may recover some expense through limited charges and will have reduced legal risk because the law bars liability for inaccurate or defective results; the liquor and cannabis board will need to publish required signage details and the list of acceptable device types. Important details are left open in the text provided—how a “reasonable amount based on the wholesale cost” is determined, who enforces the rule or imposes penalties, the exact signage requirements, and the specific device types required for taverns and nightclubs are not specified.