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The 2025 Legislative Session begins next Monday, January 13th, and is already off to an incredibly intense speed. Democrats continue to hold the majority in both the House and Senate as well as the Governor’s office. The 2025 Session will be a long, 105 days of the Governor, Senate, and House debating and passing all three of Washington State’s budgets (operating, capital, transportation) as well as many policy bills as both legislative bodies can find a majority of votes to pass. Washington Wine Institute’s priorities for this session include:
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Opposing efforts to change our state’s BAC threshold from .08 to .05 Opposing any attempts to raise state wine excise taxes as a mechanism to fix our state’s multi-billion-dollar budget deficit Supporting a deposit return system for wine glass bottles if state leaders decide to adopt some version of an extended producer responsibility (EPR) overhauling Washington State’s solid waste and recycling system and infrastructure by putting the cost and responsibility of product packaging on “producers” vs. our existing solid waste and recycling system Supporting any opportunities to modernize our alcohol laws through legislation that provides wineries with more opportunities to market and sell their wine in our state |
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