Recalling the summer vacation season and policymaking doldrums, only a WSLCB caucus meeting was scheduled and members had already cancelled meetings for the following week.
Here’s a look at cannabis-related policymaking events on the calendar in the week ahead.
Monday April 1st
At publication time, no cannabis-related policymaking events were scheduled.
Tuesday April 2nd
WSLCB - Board Caucus
On Tuesday at 10am PT, the weekly Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) Board Caucus was scheduled to recur.
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- In addition to hearing a fairly comprehensive rulemaking update during their caucus meeting on Tuesday March 26th, members also discussed upcoming scheduling conflicts which would prevent the board from achieving quorum (audio - 3m, video - TVW, video - WSLCB).
- The board eventually decided to cancel all of their meetings for the week beginning April 8th, including the monthly Executive Management Team (EMT) meeting.
- The EMT meeting, during which staff leadership are able to be held accountable by providing public updates on the work of their divisions, does not require a quorum to convene as no formal board decisions are ever made.
- The board cancelled the March EMT meeting and did not reschedule it.
- Prior to 2022, WSLCB hosted EMT meetings weekly. After frequently cancelling those events, the agency switched to a monthly cadence the following year.
- It’s also Cannabis Observer’s understanding that agency staff intend to take up rulemaking to implement HB 1453 (“Providing a tax exemption for medical cannabis patients”), details of which had not been previously publicly mentioned. Policy and Rules Manager Cassidy West conveyed via email:
- “In terms of the implementation timeline, we are tentatively planning on filing the CR101 to initiate the rulemaking on 4/24, which would mean the CR-102 would likely be filed in June (6/19) and the public hearing would be 7/31. If after the public hearing a supplementary CR-102 is not required, then we plan to file the CR-103 on 8/14/24 and the rules would become effective on 9/14/24. Daniel Jacobs (cc’d) is the rules coordinator who will be leading this project.”
- She added, “We are actively working on getting some guidance together to help with this regarding to CCRS.”
- The board eventually decided to cancel all of their meetings for the week beginning April 8th, including the monthly Executive Management Team (EMT) meeting.
Wednesday April 3rd
At publication time, no cannabis-related policymaking events were scheduled.
Thursday April 4th
At publication time, no cannabis-related policymaking events were scheduled.
Friday April 5th
At publication time, no cannabis-related policymaking events were scheduled.
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