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Observations
WSDA - Webinar - Cannabis Laboratory Standard Feedback
(June 28, 2023) - Summary
After a background on the draft rulemaking and method list for cannabis laboratory standards, stakeholders raised a lot of concerns and questions around expense and implementation.
WSLCB - Board Meeting
(April 12, 2023) - Environmental Pesticide Action
Pausing emergency rulemaking which would lower action levels for some pesticides didn’t preclude public comments critical of the approach taken by agency staff to the overall situation.
WA Senate LC - Committee Meeting
(January 30, 2023) - SB 5367 - Public Hearing
A bill adding restrictions on manufacturing and sales of hemp cannabinoid products was generally well received, but many speakers disagreed with the allowable THC limits.
WA Senate LAW - Committee Meeting
(February 8, 2022) - HB 1105 - Public Hearing
A bill to grant all medical cannabis patients protection from arrest received almost entirely positive testimony, along with complaints about homegrowing and cannabis scheduling policy.
WSLCB - Board Meeting
(February 2, 2022) - Quality Control - Public Hearing
After more than three years, rulemaking on pesticide testing still elicited criticism from many producers and processors, though a few stakeholders suggested enacting and moving on.
WA House COG - Committee Meeting
(November 18, 2021) - DOE CSTF Update
The chair of the cannabis science task force explained the work of the group, including its remaining report, and fielded a question about in-matrix proficiency tests.
DOE - Cannabis Science Task Force Steering Committee
(October 1, 2021) - Legislative Proposals
A request bill to modify the timeline for Ecology to take on lab accreditation was shelved following “stakeholder research,” while potential legislation to create a lab standards body carried on.
WSLCB - Executive Management Team
(October 13, 2021) - CCRS Update
CFO Jim Morgan told agency leadership CCRS remained on track and testing revealed no significant bugs; meanwhile, an informal integrator group formed to facilitate data exchange.
WSLCB - Board Meeting
(October 3, 2018) - HB 2334 Implementation - Public Hearing
A public hearing on the implementation of imported CBD rules drew suggested revisions on cannabis product testing standards from the public and a WSDA pesticide official.
DOE - Cannabis Science Task Force Steering Committee
(August 5, 2021) - Agency Request Legislation
Potential agency request legislation would create an Interagency Coordination Team (ICT) to define testing lab standards and remove the deadline for transfer of lab accreditation authority.