The Washington State House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee (WA House AGNR) considers issues relating to agricultural production, marketing, and sales; food policy; animal and plant disease control; fisheries and wildlife; forest practices and forest fire protection; water; and mining. The committee also considers the management of certain state-owned lands.
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Legislative Sessions
Observations
WA House - Session
(March 11, 2025) - HB 1141 - Second and Third Reading
A divide over legislation to extend collective bargaining rights to cannabis production employees stoked partisan tensions related to whether the policy would be expanded to farm workers more generally.
WA Legislature - Update
(March 14, 2025)
As bills remaining through cutoff were shuffled between chambers, legislators in renewed committee meetings would hear from the newest WSLCB board member and outspoken agriculture researchers.
WA Legislature - Update
(March 12, 2025)
Representatives passed the production unionization bill on Tuesday night whereas four cannabis-related bills were well positioned in the Senate on Wednesday but at risk from the House of Origin Cutoff at 5pm.
The Week Ahead
(March 10, 2024)
As the legislature raced ahead, other entities would be addressing product samples, medical cannabis, the retail ban in Lynnwood, and a new ethics policy at WSLCB.
WA Legislature - Update
(February 19, 2025)
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.
WA Legislature - Update
(February 18, 2025)
Senators heard testimony on out of state ownership, schedules were shuffled, and bills on cannabis producer cooperatives, social equity buffer zones, and retail advertising were up for Tuesday.
The Week Ahead
(February 17, 2024)
Eight cannabis-related bills were scheduled for hearings and six potential executive sessions were planned in the week before the House of Origin Policy Committee Cutoff.
WA Legislature - Update
(February 13, 2025)
The House passed data dashboard legislation, action was deferred on two bills, and preliminary schedules for the final week before the first cutoff indicated many cannabis-related bills may be left behind.
WA Legislature - Update
(February 12, 2025)
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.
WA Legislature - Update
(February 11, 2025)
Retail advertising concerns drew out public health and prevention representatives, two new bills were staged for introduction, and legislation to clarify authority over testing labs may be moved on Tuesday.