The Week Ahead
(February 22, 2021)

Slughorn's Hourglass

Of 19 cannabis-related bills closely tracked, roughly half were unable or unlikely to continue being moved past fiscal committee cutoff on Monday - where the social equity bill rocked on the cusp.

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 Fiscal Committee Cutoff is Monday February 22nd.

  • 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
      • It is unlikely this bill will be progressed further this session.
  • 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
      • WA House ENVI cut this bill down to a study work group on a narrowly defined subject unlikely to impact cannabis licensees.
  • 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
      • It is unlikely this bill will be progressed further this session.
  • HB 1345 - “Concerning the regulation of products sold to adults age 21 and over.”
    • Sponsors (9): Pollet, Cody, Valdez, Orwall, Dolan, Ryu, Lovick, Callan, Frame
    • Companion: SB 5266
    • Last Step: public hearing in WA House COG on Tuesday February 2nd
    • Next Step: executive session in WA House COG
      • Removed from executive session on Monday February 15th
      • It is unlikely this bill will be progressed further this session.
  • 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
      • It is unlikely this bill will be progressed further this session.
  • 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: public hearing in WA House APP on Friday February 19th
    • Next Step: executive session in WA House APP on Monday February 22nd
  • 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
      • It is unlikely this bill will be progressed further this session.
  • 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: executive session in WA House PS on Monday February 15th
    • Next Step: public hearing in WA House APP
      • It is unlikely this bill will be progressed further this session.
  • SB 5004 - “Providing a tax exemption for medical marijuana patients.”
    • Sponsors (8): Keiser, Warnick, Conway, Das, King, Kuderer, Saldaña, C. Wilson
    • Last Step: executive session in WA Senate WM on Wednesday February 17th
    • Next Step: referral or calendaring by WA Senate RULE
  • 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
      • It is unlikely this bill will be progressed further this session.
  • SB 5327 - “Creating a confidential youth safety and well-being tip line.”
    • Sponsors (7): Brown, Frockt, Lovelett, Rivers, Short, Warnick, Wellman
    • Last Step: executive session in WA Senate WM on Thursday February 18th
    • Next Step: referral or calendaring by WA Senate RULE
  • SB 5361 - “Concerning the resentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses.”
    • Sponsors (3): McCune, Warnick, J. Wilson
    • Last Step: executive session in WA Senate LAW on Monday February 15th
    • Next Step: referral or calendaring by WA Senate RULE
  • 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
      • It is unlikely this bill will be progressed further this session.
  • 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
      • It is unlikely this bill will be progressed further this session.

Monday February 22nd

Monday is the House of Origin Fiscal Committee Cutoff, the second 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) from House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees in house of origin.” The fiscal committees have full agendas on Monday although the Washington State House Appropriations Committee (WA House APP) opted not to meet on Saturday to hear and potentially move more bills. After Monday, attention will shift to the rules committees in each chamber and floor sessions before the House of Origin Cutoff on Tuesday March 9th.

On Monday at 9am PT, the WA House APP was scheduled to convene.

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  • Executive Session: HB 1443 - "Concerning social equity within the cannabis industry." 

On Monday at 9am PT, the monthly Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) Cannabis Science Task Force (CSTF) Steering Committee meeting was scheduled to occur.

Tuesday February 23rd

On Tuesday at 10am PT, the weekly Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) Board Caucus was scheduled to recur.

Wednesday February 24th

At publication time, no cannabis-related policymaking events scheduled.

Thursday February 25th

On Thursday at 10am PT, the monthly WSLCB Marijuana Traceability Project (MTP) Integrator Work Session was scheduled to recur.

On Thursday at 5:30pm PT, the Washington State Legislative Task Force on Social Equity in Cannabis (WA SECTF) Disproportionately Impacted Communities Work Group was scheduled to convene for the first time.

Friday February 26th

At publication time, no cannabis-related policymaking events scheduled.