Washington CannaBusiness Association
(WACA)
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Observations
WSLCB - Board Meeting (August 14, 2024) - Summary
Proposed rule updates to product samples were approved by the board, and staff also described a new PAL approval process before hearing some confrontational public comments.
WSLCB - Board Caucus (August 13, 2024) - Rulemaking Updates
A flurry of petitions and rulemaking projects would move ahead with public hearings and presentations to board members in the coming months according to WSLCB staff.
DOH - Webinar - Medical Cannabis - Workshop (July 18, 2024) - Summary
Participants offered feedback to DOH staff questions related to their medical cannabis testing requirements and then posed questions of their own to officials.
WSLCB - Board Meeting (July 17, 2024) - General Public Comments
Board members heard complaints about curtailing public speaking time among concerns over agency rulemaking inaction and changes to the social equity program scoring rubric.
WSLCB - Special Board Meeting (June 18, 2024) - Summary
The board was presented with a rulemaking petition on packaging and three on social equity license mobility; they approved updates for medical cannabis endorsements and heard public comments.
WSLCB - Executive Management Team (June 12, 2024) - Summary
Legislative ideas for 2025, lengthy cannabis label approvals, updates from CANNRA, traceability, and a reminder about canopy were all brought up by staff or board members.
WSLCB - Board Meeting (June 5, 2024) - Summary
Staff claimed several rulemaking projects and petitions would be advanced in June and July, no one spoke at a public hearing, and members of the public voiced complaints.
WSLCB - Board Meeting (May 22, 2024) - Summary
Staff presented two petitions, one on banning single use vapor products and another on employee stock ownership, opened rulemaking on cannabis waste, and heard public comments.
The Week Ahead (May 20, 2024)
A WSLCB board meeting densely packed with rulemaking and an anonymized petition to ban single use vapor products would precede a second focus group on the social equity program.
WSLCB - Focus Group - Retail Medical Cannabis Endorsements (March 11, 2024) - Summary
Attendees had many suggestions and questions for WSLCB staff regarding draft rules for medically endorsed retailers, with emphasis around expected levels of enforcement.