Staff showed the Board the agency's new research repository before they were updated on the status of a legislatively-mandated home delivery study and a draft report from the State Auditor on traceability system data.
An executive session on hidden ownership investigations was scheduled, the Board expressed skepticism about cannabis-related traffic fatality data, and reacted to an op-ed on cannabis trafficking penned by a federal official.
An informal talk with the agency's new deputy director to learn about their background resulted in board members opening up about their own reasons for joining WSLCB.
The Board voted to adopt final rules for retail license forfeiture, hosted a public hearing on 2017 cannabis legislation implementation, and heard from several individuals during public comment.
An Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Project by Gartner Consulting was presented to the Committee and an executive from MJ Freeway defended the company's software development process.
The Board discussed their representation at a federal law enforcement meeting and Regulators Roundtable, then discussed minority participation in the cannabis industry.
A former Board Member responded to the Board's denial of his petition for rulemaking, licensees spoke on the absence of equity efforts by WSLCB, and the Board hosted a public hearing on the supplemental CR-102 for Marijuana License Forfeiture Rules.
The Board weighed a petition to allow cannabis 'white labeling,' staff discussed cannabis tax collection and enforcement, and equity issues were raised again.
Members heard about data sources used to generate retail sales figures, future plans for sourcing those numbers, and the WSLCB's absence of plans to address data integrity issues.