The Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) is Washington state’s designated highway safety office as codified in RCW 43.59. The WTSC Director is the Governor’s Highway Safety Representative, which is a designated position each state is required to have in order to qualify for federal traffic safety funding. At publication time, the Commission was composed of ten Commissioners chaired by Washington Governor Jay Inslee, and supported by 29 employees.
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WTSC - Traffic Safety Statewide Survey - 2023
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Observations
The Week Ahead
(March 17, 2024)
Legislators appeared in no hurry to consider cannabis-related bills from the opposite house but regulatory bodies planned to provide updates and signal research directions.
WA Legislature - Update
(February 25, 2025)
The cannabis retail advertising bill was heard by a senate fiscal committee with an executive session already lined up, and the home grow bill would be heard by a fiscal committee in the House on Tuesday.
WA Legislature - Update
(February 3, 2025)
Cannabis-related legislative activity appeared to be minimized during what was shaping up to be a regular session dominated by budget concerns which left little energy for efforts seen as lower priorities.
WA Legislature - Update
(January 31, 2025)
Senators in the Transportation Committee heard sobering testimony about impaired driving on Thursday, and Friday would not feature any cannabis-related policymaking activity, halfway to the first cutoff.
WA Legislature - Update
(January 30, 2025)
A substantively changed WSLCB data dashboard bill was recommended out of committee, schedule changes included an additional 5 public hearings next week, and the DUI bill was up anew in the Senate.
WA Legislature - Update
(January 22, 2025)
Action on the data dashboard bill was deferred, cannabis came up in the impaired driving hearing, the production union bill may be amended, and a transfer of producer authority to WSDA seemed costly.
WA Legislature - Update
(January 21, 2025)
Home grow and direct sales bills were set for introduction, data dashboard legislation may be advanced, and officials would lead a work session on impaired driving before a public hearing in the House.
WA Legislature - Update
(January 17, 2025)
DUI legislation was advanced in the Senate where two organized retail theft bills were staged for introduction, and the House would hear about transferring cannabis production authorities to WSDA.
WA Legislature - Update
(January 16, 2025)
The hearing on production unions revealed complicated power dynamics around the legislation and four new cannabis-related bills were ready for introduction including out of state ownership and ESOPs.
WA Legislature - Update
(January 15, 2025)
Legislators heard their first cannabis-related legislation on Tuesday and planned to consider a bill on Wednesday which would empower employee collective bargaining at cannabis producers.