As legislators considered moving legislation out of the house of origin including nine cannabis-related bills, WSLCB members would discuss “Efficiencies” in their public meetings.
Here’s a look at cannabis-related policymaking events on the calendar in the week ahead.
Monday March 3rd
See the WA Legislature Update for Monday March 3rd for more details on the day’s events.
WA Senate - Session
On Monday at 10am PT, the Washington State Senate (WA Senate) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
WA House - Session
On Monday at 10:30am PT, the Washington State House of Representatives (WA House) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
WA Senate Rule - Committee Meeting
On Monday at 11:45am PT, the Washington State Senate Rules Committee (WA Senate RULE) was scheduled to convene.
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Tuesday March 4th
WA House CPB - Committee Meeting
On Tuesday at 8am PT, the Washington State House Consumer Protection and Business Committee (WA House CPB) was scheduled to convene.
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- Work Session
- Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
- WA House CPB members heard testimony on HB 1348 (Cannabis ESOPs) and scheduled an executive session on the legislation twice, but ultimately did not take action to advance the bill prior to the House of Origin Policy Committee Cutoff.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
WA House - Session
On Tuesday at 9am PT, the Washington State House of Representatives (WA House) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
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 a legislative update, the agenda indicated Chair Jim Vollendroff had allocated 40m to discuss "Board Efficiencies."
- During the caucus meeting on Tuesday January 7th, Vollendroff mentioned his interest in organizing a meeting of the board to discuss process goals (A/V - 1m).
- "Once we have a third board member, we are anticipating going into an executive session and having conversations about our various meetings, the frequency of those meetings, the content of those meetings, etcetera. But we wanted to wait until we had a third board member on before we did that."
- During the caucus meeting on Tuesday January 7th, Vollendroff mentioned his interest in organizing a meeting of the board to discuss process goals (A/V - 1m).
WA Senate - Session
On Tuesday at 10am PT, the Washington State Senate (WA Senate) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
WSU CCPRO - Cannabis Research Seminar
On Tuesday at 4pm PT, the Washington State University Center for Cannabis Policy, Research, and Outreach (WSU CCPRO) planned to host a Cannabis Research Seminar.
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- Lecture
- "Memory and Munchies: Acute Effects of Cannabis on Human Memory and Food Consumption"
- Washington State University College of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology Associate Professor Carrie Cutler
- "Memory and Munchies: Acute Effects of Cannabis on Human Memory and Food Consumption"
Wednesday March 5th
WA House - Session
On Wednesday at 9am PT, the Washington State House of Representatives (WA House) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
WA Senate - Session
On Wednesday at 10am PT, the Washington State Senate (WA Senate) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
Thursday March 6th
WA House - Session
On Thursday at 9am PT, the Washington State House of Representatives (WA House) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
WA Senate - Session
On Thursday at 10am PT, the Washington State Senate (WA Senate) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
Friday March 7th
WA House - Session
On Friday at 9am PT, the Washington State House of Representatives (WA House) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
WA Senate - Session
On Friday at 10am PT, the Washington State Senate (WA Senate) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
WA Pharmacy Commission - Legislative Review
On Friday at 12pm PT, the weekly Washington State Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission (WA Pharmacy Commission) Legislative Review was scheduled to recur.
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Saturday March 8th
WA House - Session
On Saturday at 9am PT, the Washington State House of Representatives (WA House) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
WA Senate - Session
On Saturday at 10am PT, the Washington State Senate (WA Senate) was scheduled to potentially convene a floor session.
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- Described as “possible” and often cancelled.
Sunday March 9th
WA House - Session
On Sunday at 1pm PT, the Washington State House of Representatives (WA House) was scheduled to convene a floor session.
- At publication time, TVW had not published video links for Sunday.