The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) was created in February 1970 after the Washington State Senate voted in favor of Senate Bill 1 and Governor Daniel Evans signed the bill into law. The bill authorized the consolidation of four existing state agencies to create the Department of Ecology, the first unified environmental protection agency in the nation, ahead of even the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Observations
The Week Ahead
(October 14, 2019)
The WSLCB planned to undertake emergency rulemaking in response to the Washington State Board of Health emergency rulemaking banning “flavored vapor products.”
The Week Ahead
(September 23, 2019)
This week: a new WSLCB Traceability 2.0 work group, the Cannabis Penalties listen and learn forum, and Ecology’s Cannabis Science Task Force Steering Committee convenes.
WSLCB - Board Caucus
(September 17, 2019) - Summary
The WSLCB’s Cannabis 2.0 project is garnering the attention of leadership at other state agencies ahead of the 2020 legislative session.
WSLCB - Executive Management Team
(August 28, 2019) - Summary
Details on the WSLCB’s social equity and Tier 1 vertical integration bills; labs; traceability; the Cannabis Potency Tax Work Group; and legislator interest in advertising loopholes.
DOE - Cannabis Science Task Force Steering Committee
(August 21, 2019) - Summary
The Washington State Department of Ecology launched the Cannabis Science Task Force to assist in the methodical migration of authority for testing lab accreditation from the WSLCB.
The Week Ahead
(August 19, 2019)
Ecology lights up the Cannabis Science Task Force, the Board meets in Bothell, WSLCB’s taxation by potency workgroup convenes, plus a QA listen and learn forum.
WSLCB - Listen and Learn Forum - Lab Licensure
(June 3, 2019) - Summary
Industry stakeholders were not enthusiastic about a hypothetical laboratory license.
WA Governor - Bill Action
(May 17, 2019) - Summary
All eleven cannabis-related bills passed by the legislature were signed into law without change or veto by the Governor.
WA Governor - Bill Action
(May 7, 2019) - HB 2052
HB 2052 – “Clarifying marijuana product testing by revising provisions concerning marijuana testing laboratory accreditation and establishing a cannabis science task force.”
WSLCB - Executive Management Team
(May 15, 2019) - Summary
The agency may be asked to evaluate taxation of marijuana products by THC level + a quarterly labs update.