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Observations
WA Legislature - Update (March 21, 2023)
After a busy start of the week, legislators planned to address nearly as many bills on Tuesday including the continuation of two incomplete public hearings left open on Monday.
WA House RSG - Committee Meeting (March 14, 2023) - SB 5080 - Public Hearing
Legislators asked for additional information during testimony on a bill to expand the social equity program before an unscheduled WSLCB panel joined the hearing to field questions.
WSLCB - Work Group - QC Standards - Public Meeting (January 5, 2023) - Summary
At the first work group meeting, members introduced themselves and heard agency leaders’ intentions to gather input on the effectiveness of 2022 cannabis testing changes.
WA House APP - Committee Meeting (February 22, 2023) - HB 1614 - Public Hearing
Inclusion of civil infractions in a bill to allow home growing of cannabis carried costs for state and local governments, and a police association lobbyist explained her group’s new position of ‘other.’
WA Senate LC - Committee Meeting (February 9, 2023) - SB 5546 - Public Hearing
The sponsor made reasoned arguments for producer-led cannabis research, but industry members were divided over whether the time was right for a cannabis commodity commission.
WA Senate LC - Committee Meeting (February 9, 2023) - SB 5377 - Public Hearing
Feedback on a bill to legalize out-of-state cannabis license ownership was divided: some companies anticipated benefits while others viewed the move as only helping larger entities.
WA House RSG - Committee Meeting (February 6, 2023) - HB 1595 - Public Hearing
A bill creating cannabis tax tiering received supportive testimony and many neutral suggestions from industry representatives welcoming a new conversation on product taxation.
WA House RSG - Committee Meeting (February 2, 2023) - HB 1614 - Public Hearing
Supportive testimony on a bill to legalize home cultivation of cannabis highlighted the restrictions in the bill, though two speakers were opposed on safety and youth access grounds.
WA House RSG - Committee Meeting (January 24, 2023) - HB 1453 - Public Hearing
Unanimously supportive testimony on a bill to remove the cannabis excise tax for medical patients registered with the state called attention to problems around taxing medicine.
WA House RSG - Committee Meeting (January 23, 2023) - HB 1341 - Public Hearing
Legislation to permit out-of-state ownership and suspend inactive producers received mostly supportive testimony, with opposition centered on equity implications from the change.