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Observations
WA Legislature - Update
(January 5, 2024)
As legislators made final preparations for the 2024 session starting on Monday, policy and budget bills had been pre-filed and committee schedules were being shaped.
The Week Ahead
(November 27, 2023)
State legislators would be prepared with details on cannabis revenues, appropriations, and retail theft while Ecology staff delayed accreditation rules to see how the session panned out.
The Week Ahead
(September 25, 2023)
Senate cannabis policy committee members planned to convene an interim work session on biometric age verification while the WSLCB board hosted regularly scheduled meetings.
WSLCB - Board Caucus
(September 12, 2023) - Summary
The board was advised to amend an already active cannabis advertising bill rather than pursue a request bill on the topic in 2024 before hearing a short rulemaking update.
The Week Ahead
(August 14, 2023)
Legislators and agency staff were preparing for the shorter 2024 legislative session where organized retail crime and patient concerns would figure amidst cannabis related policymaking.
WSLCB - Work Group - Cannabinoid Science - Public Meeting
(June 1, 2023) - Summary
The group contemplated human safety guidance for different cannabis products, research on growing cannabis in contaminated soil, and implementing a new standard for THC detectability.
WSLCB - Special Board Meeting
(June 1, 2023) - Hiring New Director
After a months-long search, a Colorado cannabis regulator was voted in as the new agency director to the satisfaction of board members.
WA Legislature - Update
(May 17, 2023)
Legislators struck and passed pre-negotiated legislation reframing the relation of the criminal justice and behavioral health systems to substance use issues which the Governor signed the same day.
WA Legislature - Update
(May 16, 2023)
The Governor provided insights about the revised “Blake fix” ahead of its release on Monday afternoon, prior to the convening of the first special session of the 68th Legislature.
The Week Ahead
(May 15, 2023)
As finishing touches were made to wrap up 2023 regular session legislation, lawmakers would reconvene in special session to redress the State v. Blake decision and consequences.