Washington State House of Representatives
(WA House)

A bill to change statutory references from ‘marijuana’ to ‘cannabis’ garnered strong support in passage by the House, but not before a lawmaker complained about changing language “we've become accustomed to.”

Legislation to reshape the state’s social equity task force had two of three amendments adopted regarding “interested parties” and the effective date during its successful passage through the House.

A solid majority of representatives in the Washington State House voted to extend arrest protections to authorized medical cannabis patients and caregivers who choose not to register with the State.

The Washington State Legislature kicked off its 2021 session where home grow was already scheduled to be heard while the WSLCB and SBOH positioned to advocate for their interests.

During their weekly meeting, the three elected Chelan County Commissioners met with the Director of Community Development to discuss code enforcement actions and confirmed that the County Fire Marshal had not performed a required annual inspection of marijuana processor extraction equipment in over a year.

Meet the 18 appointed members of the Washington State Legislative Task Force on Social Equity in Cannabis in our first post on the inaugural meeting of this group.

The Board prepared to receive proposed rules for the Location Compliance Certificates rulemaking project, briefly discussed the Task Force on Social Equity in Cannabis, and remained uncertain if the agency would host a meeting of the Cannabis Advisory Council (CAC) in 2020.

SBOH members heard two notable public comments on proposed rules to more permanently prohibit use of vitamin E acetate in all vapor products before voting to adopt the rules as final.

Another WSLCB staffer prepared to depart, proposed quality control testing rules would be revised, and the cannabis social equity and marijuana odor task forces began to take shape.

Where does all the cannabis money go? Taxes from cannabis sales were utilized for a multitude of purposes and cannabis-related policymaking was funded by the Legislature.