FMS Global Strategies

Following two public hearings on Monday and passage of the House operating budget, seven cannabis-related bills were up for executive sessions on Tuesday ahead of the next cutoff.

The cannabis policy committee in the Senate shuffled legislation to address House bills before the next cutoff as the behemoth operating budget was maneuvered between the chambers.

Reps heard two cannabis bills Wednesday deferring action on another; patient data legislation was calendared; preliminary schedules were published; and operating budgets were primed for amendment.

Legislators heard the omnibus, production unions, and data dashboard bills on Tuesday and planned to hear two more Wednesday in addition to moving legislation that could revise buffer zone measurement.

The lab certification bill was passed in the House before a mishmash of amendments were published on seven cannabis-related bills up for executive sessions Friday morning in advance of the first cutoff.

Two bills were heard and the social equity program evaluation bill was advanced; fiscal committee schedules for the following week remained blank slates; and a SUD treatment bill may be moved.

Three bills were heard Tuesday; advertising and lab certification legislation was advanced; and two hearings were scheduled Wednesday in addition to the controversial social equity program evaluation bill.

The lab certification bill was advanced, new introductions were drying up before the first cutoff, two bills were positioned for execs on Wednesday, and the data dashboard bill could be passed by the House.

Three cannabis-related bills were scheduled to be heard and four executive sessions were planned for the week which would include cancellations of most regular WSLCB meetings.

Legislators heard testimony on five cannabis-related bills on Tuesday, a variant on the impaired driving bill was readied for introduction, and WSLCB leaders would be called upon to provide “technology updates.”