Thank you! Your efforts were heard in Olympia this week. We had some meaningful wins and it was in large part due to your participation. The best news is our two patient bills in the House have been voted out of the Regulated Substances and Gaming committee. You can watch the hearings of the two bills on our Youtube channel along with our Webinar Wednesday Legislative Series.
If you’d like to follow along with cannabis legislation as it develops, you can view our Bill Tracker HERE.
HB 1642 – Regulating the sale of cannabis concentrates
2/2/23 House Regulated Substances and Gaming at 8:00a – Executive Session
HB 1453 – Providing a tax exemption for medical cannabis patients
Passed out of committee referred to Finance
HB 1563 – Concerning arrest protections for the medical use of cannabis
Passed out of committee
New Cannabis Bills that Dropped this Week:
We always want to hear from you on what you think about legislation. Please reach-out at any time or stop by in office hours. Most Fridays, office hours will also have a number of members from the Legislative Committee and we’d be happy to loop you into the conversation.
SB 5662 – Creating the cannabis employee job retention act
HB 1772 – Prohibiting products that combine alcohol and tetrahydrocannabinol
The Week Ahead:
There is a great deal of cannabis legislation being heard next week. We have two priority bills that we need your support on! It will take less than 5 minutes to engage in the process.
2/6/23 House Regulated Substances and Gaming at 1:30p – Public Hearing
HB 1581 – Establishing a Washington state cannabis commission