Committee Meetings

December 17, 2008

• Agenda
• Stakeholder Recommendations
  • Summary of Stakeholder Recommendations, Office of Program Research and Senate Committee Services
• Responses to Request for Recommendations
  • Industry Coalition Recommendations
  • Costco Wholesale Recommendations
  • Liquor Control Board Recommendations
  • Wine.com Recommendations
  • Specialty Wine Retailers Association Recommendations
  • Family Wineries of Washington State Recommendations
  • Prevention Community Recommendations

November 14, 2008

• Agenda
• Stakeholder Recommendations
  • Summary of Stakeholder Recommendations
• Responses to Request for Recommendations
  • Industry Coalition Recommendations
  • Costco Wholesale Recommendations
  • Specialty Wine Retailers Association Recommendations
  • Family Wineries of Washington State Recommendations
  • Prevention Community Recommendations 
  • Liquor Control Board Recommendations

September 30, 2008

• Agenda
• Staff Presentations
  • Tied House Law – Moneys’ Worth, Office of Program Research
  • Moneys’ Worth – Examples of Provisions of Selected Other States (and federal law), Office of Program Research
  • Tied House Law – Financial Interest/Ownership, Office of Program Research
  • Financial Interest/Ownership – Examples of Exceptions in Selected Other States, Office of Program Research
  • Quantity Discounts, Senate Committee Services
  • Central Warehousing Ban, Office of Program Research
  • Out-of-State Sales to Washington Residents, Senate Committee Services
  • Out-of-State Sales Chart, Senate Committee Services

September 9, 2008

• Agenda
• Staff Presentations
  • Post and Hold, Senate Committee Services
  • Mandatory Mark-Up, Senate Committee Services
  • Retailer to Retailer Product Transfers, Office of Program Research
  • Ban on Credit with Respect to Electronic Fund Transfers, Office of Program Research
  • Money’s Worth with Respect to Advertising, Office of Program Research
  • Summary of Liquor Advertising Laws/Rules, Office of Program Research

June 10, 2008

• Agenda
• History of Beer and Wine Regulation in Washington
• Beer and Wine Regulation in Washington State, Office of Program Research
• Beer and Wine Legislation 2005/06 - 2007/08, Office of Program Research
• Review of Recent Liquor Regulation Studies
• Three-Tier Task Force, Senate Committee Services
• 2SSB 6823
• Beer and Wine Three-Tier System Review Task Force Report, November 21, 2006, Washington State Liquor Control Board
• Tied House Review Team, Washington State Liquor Control Board
• Overview of Costco Litigation
• Costco v. Hoen Litigation Update, Senate Committee Services