An $81 annual fee collected from each cannabis licensee was assessed to pay for oversight of imported CBD additives before committee members recommended the bill for passage.
The full social equity task force would convene Tuesday, but cannabis policymaking appeared to be downshifting into the summer doldrums - usually the least active time of year.
Agency staff presented a new interpretive statement which offered no ‘safe harbor’ to licensees converting CBD into delta-9-THC, asserting the practice was not permitted under law.
The board received a short briefing on cannabis rulemaking, adopted a permanent ban on vitamin E acetate, and heard from a public eager to support farmers and consumers.
WSLCB Director Rick Garza shared new details about the background, leadership, and advocacy of CANNRA as he encouraged traffic safety officials to affiliate with the organization.
Legislation which would authorize the importation of CBD products into I-502 received its first finance committee public hearing.
A second dialogue on “Cannabis Plant Chemistry” would draw engaged participants and a Thurston County Superior Court judge would address out-of-state ownership of Washington cannabis businesses.
Staff discussed upcoming meetings with officials, a presentation to lawmakers on synthesized cannabinoids, progress on social equity, and a new proposal on federal cannabis legalization.
The board heard a briefing on a statewide prevention roundtable leading to questions about prevention advocate engagement - and the synthesized cannabinoids investigation continued.
In a near unanimous vote, committee members recommended a proposed substitute version of legislation which would authorize imported CBD as a legal cannabis product additive.