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Advocacy


Published on Mar 01, 2019

Some cannabis bills advance

Contact: Sharon Swanson, Shannon McClelland

All of the following bills are currently out of committee and are awaiting action on the floor.

Vacating cannabis misdemeanor convictions

SB 5605, sponsored by Sen. Joe Nguyen (D–Seattle), allows a person convicted of a misdemeanor marijuana offense, who was at least twenty-one years old at the time of the offense, to apply to the sentencing court to vacate the record of conviction.

SB 5605 was heard in the Senate Law & Justice Committee on February 12 and the Ways & Means Committee on February 19.

Banning cannabis billboards

HB 1466, sponsored by Rep. Brad Klippert (R–Kennewick), prohibits licensed marijuana businesses from placing or maintaining any billboard that advertises the licensee’s business, cannabis, or any cannabis product.

HB 1466 was heard in the House Commerce & Gaming Committee on January 28 and in the House Appropriations Committee on February 28.

State Liquor & Cannabis Board enforcement powers clarified

HB 1626, sponsored by Rep. Eric Pettigrew (D–Seattle), clarifies that, in addition to its existing powers to enforce any criminal law related to the manufacture, importation, transportation, possession, distribution, or sale of liquor, the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) and its enforcement officers have the power to enforce equivalent laws relating to marijuana, tobacco, and vapor products. In enforcing these state provisions, the LCB officers may serve and execute all warrants and process of law issued by the courts and may make arrests for violations.

HB 1626 was heard in the House Public Safety Committee on February 7.

Criminal penalties applicable to licensed cannabis retailers

HB 1792, sponsored by Rep. Eric Pettigrew (D–Seattle), creates a new gross misdemeanor crime when a cannabis retail outlet employee sells marijuana products to a person under the age of 21. A marijuana retailer or employee of a retail outlet may be guilty of a misdemeanor if they allow a person under the age of twenty-one to enter or remain on the premises of a retail outlet.

HB 1792 was heard in the House Commerce & Gaming Committee on February 15.

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