The Week Ahead
(February 15, 2021)

Washington State Legislature - House Chamber Doorway

3 cannabis-related bills could join 9 others already through Monday’s cutoff deadline, and WSLCB planned to open a rulemaking project to reconsider the criminal history point system.

Here’s a look at cannabis-related policymaking events on the calendar in the week ahead.

2021 Legislative Session - Cannabis-related Bill Status

House of Origin Policy Committee Cutoff is Monday February 15th.

  • HB 1019 - “Allowing residential marijuana agriculture.”
    • Sponsors (16): Kloba, MacEwen, Ryu, Wicks, Dolan, Fitzgibbon, Peterson, Goodman, Young, Vick, Ormsby, Springer, Stonier, Santos, Macri, Harris-Talley
    • Last Step: public hearing in WA House APP on Tuesday February 9th
    • Next Step: executive session in WA House APP
  • HB 1057 - ‘Clarifying the meaning of the term “enjoyment of life and property” within the clean air act.’
    • Sponsors (6): Pollet, Valdez, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Ramel, Duerr
    • Last Step: executive session in WA House ENVI on Friday February 12th
    • Next Step: referral or calendaring by WA House RUL
  • HB 1105 - “Concerning arrest protections for the medical use of cannabis.”
    • Sponsors (12): Kloba, Simmons, Fitzgibbon, Dolan, Ortiz-Self, Goodman, Vick, Ormsby, Riccelli, Santos, Macri, Davis
    • Last Step: executive session in WA House HCW on Wednesday February 10th
    • Next Step: referral or calendaring in WA House RUL
  • HB 1210 - ‘Replacing the term "marijuana" with the term "cannabis" throughout the Revised Code of Washington.’
    • Sponsors (14): Morgan, Peterson, Kloba, J. Johnson, Ryu, Santos, Ortiz-Self, Ormsby, Simmons, Gregerson, Riccelli, Macri, Frame, Harris-Talley
    • Last Step: executive session in WA House COG on Friday January 29th
    • Next Step: referral or calendaring by WA House RUL
  • HB 1260 - “Concerning the development of the marijuana market.”
    • Sponsors (11): Wicks, Dolan, Berry, Fitzgibbon, Simmons, Ramel, Ortiz-Self, Bateman, Sells, Lekanoff, Macri
    • Last Step: pro forma first reading and referral to WA House COG on Monday January 18th
    • Next Step: public hearing in WA House COG
  • HB 1345 - “Concerning the regulation of products sold to adults age 21 and over.”
  • HB 1414 - “Aligning marijuana licensing decisions by the liquor and cannabis board with local zoning ordinances.”
    • Sponsors (2): Goehner, Chambers
    • Last Step: public hearing in WA House COG on Tuesday February 2nd
    • Next Step: executive session in WA House COG
  • HB 1443 - "Concerning social equity within the cannabis industry."
    • Sponsors (13): Morgan, Wicks, Simmons, Berry, J. Johnson, Ramel, Kloba, Ryu, Peterson, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Harris-Talley, Macri
    • Companion: SB 5388
    • Last Step: executive session in WA House COG on Friday February 12th
    • Next Step: referral or calendaring by WA House RUL
  • HB 1463 - “Addressing serious mental health consequences of high-potency cannabis products by regulating the sale of cannabis concentrates.”
    • Sponsors (11): Davis, Klippert, Ryu, Sutherland, Dent, Ramel, Walen, Ortiz-Self, Callan, Pollet, Eslick
    • Last Step: public hearing in WA House COG on Friday February 12th
    • Next Step: executive session in WA House COG
  • HB 1499 - “Providing behavioral health system responses to individuals with substance use disorder.”
    • Sponsors (24): Davis, Harris-Talley, Ramel, Macri, Simmons, Peterson, Bateman, Fitzgibbon, Duerr, Ortiz-Self, Hackney, Slatter, Ryu, Berry, Sells, Thai, Chopp, Valdez, Pollet, Eslick, Ormsby, Morgan, Stonier, Frame
    • Last Step: public hearing in WA House PS on Friday February 12th
    • Next Step: executive session in WA House PS on Monday February 15th
  • SB 5004 - “Providing a tax exemption for medical marijuana patients.”
    • Sponsors (8): Keiser, Warnick, Conway, Das, King, Kuderer, Saldaña, C. Wilson
    • Last Step: No action taken during executive session on Thursday February 11th
    • Next Step: executive session in WA Senate WM on Wednesday February 17th
  • SB 5035 - “Concerning offender scoring of drug offenses.”
    • Sponsors (18): Dhingra, Nguyen, Billig, Carlyle, Darneille, Das, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Liias, Lovelett, Mullet, Pedersen, Rolfes, Saldaña, Salomon, Stanford, Wellman, C. Wilson
    • Last Step: executive session in WA Senate LAW on Thursday January 28th
    • Next Step: referral or calendaring by WA Senate RULE
  • SB 5129 - “Concerning the possession of vapor, vapor products, tobacco, and tobacco products by minors.”
    • Sponsors (6): Saldaña, Darneille, Nguyen, Nobles, Stanford, C. Wilson
    • Last Step: executive session in WA Senate HSRR on Friday January 29th
    • Next Step: referral or calendaring by WA Senate RULE
  • SB 5266 - “Concerning the regulation of products sold to adults age 21 and over.”
    • Sponsors (6): Kuderer, C. Wilson, Das, Dhingra, Saldaña, Stanford
    • Companion: HB 1345
    • Last Step: executive session in WA Senate LCTA on Monday January 25th
    • Next Step: public hearing in WA Senate HLTC
  • SB 5327 - “Creating a confidential youth safety and well-being tip line.”
  • SB 5361 - “Concerning the resentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses.”
  • SB 5365 - “Establishing a Washington state cannabis commission.”
    • Sponsors (5): Stanford, Conway, Das, Keiser, Nguyen
    • Last Step: public hearing in WA Senate LCTA on Monday February 1st
    • Next Step: executive session in WA Senate LCTA
  • SB 5372 - "Concerning a hemp processor registration process."
    • Sponsors (6): Stanford, Warnick, Conway, Hasegawa, Saldaña, J. Wilson
    • Last Step: executive session in WA Senate AWNP on Thursday February 4th
    • Next Step: referral or calendaring by WA Senate RULE
  • SB 5388 - “Concerning social equity within the cannabis industry.”
    • Sponsors (5): Saldaña, Keiser, Nguyen, Stanford, C. Wilson
    • Companion: HB 1443
    • Last Step: pro forma first reading and referral to WA Senate LCTA on Friday January 29th
    • Next Step: public hearing in WA Senate LCTA

Monday February 15th

Monday is the House of Origin Policy Committee Cutoff, the first deadline of the 2021 Washington state legislative session. The cutoff is described as the “Last day to read in committee reports (pass bills out of committee and read them into the record on the floor) in house of origin, except House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees.” Following a flurry of policy committee executive session activity on Monday, attention will shift to the fiscal committees in each chamber which similarly must move bills forward before the House of Origin Fiscal Committee Cutoff next Monday February 22nd.

On Monday at 9:30am PT, the Washington State Senate Law and Justice Committee (WA Senate LAW) was scheduled to convene.

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  • Executive Session: SB 5361 - “Concerning the resentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses.”

On Monday at 1:30pm PT, the Washington State House Commerce and Gaming Committee (WA House COG) was scheduled to convene.

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  • WA House COG does not normally meet on Mondays, so this irregularly scheduled meeting was convened specifically to move bills forward just shy of the cutoff.
  • Executive Session: HB 1345 - “Concerning the regulation of products sold to adults age 21 and over.”

On Monday at 1:30pm PT, the Washington State House Public Safety Committee (WA House PS) was scheduled to convene.

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  • WA House PS does not normally meet on Mondays, so this irregularly scheduled meeting was convened specifically to move bills forward just shy of the cutoff.
  • Executive Session: HB 1499 - “Providing behavioral health system responses to individuals with substance use disorder.”

Tuesday February 16th

On Tuesday at 10am PT, the weekly WSLCB Board Caucus was scheduled to recur.

On Tuesday at 1:30pm PT, the Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee (WA Senate WM) was scheduled to convene.

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  • Public Hearing: SB 5327 - “Creating a confidential youth safety and well-being tip line.”

Wednesday February 17th

On Wednesday at 10am PT, the bi-weekly WSLCB Board Meeting was scheduled to recur.

On Wednesday at 1:30pm PT, the WA Senate WM was scheduled to convene.

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  • Executive Session: SB 5004 - “Providing a tax exemption for medical marijuana patients.”

Thursday February 18th

On Thursday at 1:30pm PT, the WA Senate WM was scheduled to convene.

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  • Executive Session: SB 5327 - “Creating a confidential youth safety and well-being tip line.”

Friday February 19th

No cannabis-related policymaking events