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🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 17, 2026) - Update

The community reinvestment program bill was rewritten and passed by the House late on Monday night in the sprint before the House of Origin Cutoff at the end of the day on Tuesday.

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The Week Ahead (February 16, 2026) - WA Legislature - House of Origin Cutoff - Bill Positions

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (February 16, 2026)

As legislators sprinted for the House of Origin Cutoff on Tuesday, only two cannabis bills had been scheduled for opposite house policy committee hearings during the latter part of the week.

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WA Legislature (February 16, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 16, 2026) - Update

Legislators would convene another day of floor sessions before the cutoff on Tuesday to debate and move legislation, potentially including revisions to the community reinvestment program.

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WA Legislature (February 14, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 14, 2026) - Update

Cannabis producers took a big step towards being able to form agricultural processing cooperatives as the House prepared for another floor session following a long night of debate.

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WA Legislature (February 13, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 13, 2026) - Update

Three cannabis-related and -adjacent bills were positioned for consideration—and three remained at risk—as legislators worked towards the House of Origin Cutoff on Tuesday.

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🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 12, 2026) - Update

A revived amendment on the cannabis license fee increase bill may reflect growing concerns with federal data integrity as legislators continued to move bills ahead of the next cutoff on Tuesday.

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WA Legislature (February 11, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 11, 2026) - Update

At the midpoint of the 2026 regular session, Washington’s version of “Ryan’s Law” was passed by the representatives as consideration and movement of bills out of their house of origin continued.

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WA Legislature (February 10, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 10, 2026) - Update

All of the cannabis taxation bills were rendered inactive at the House of Origin Fiscal Committee Cutoff while very few cannabis-related bills—only 7—made it through the gateway.

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The Week Ahead (February 9, 2026) - WSLCB - Closed Door - Transparency

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (February 9, 2026)

As legislators passed their next cutoff and switched to floor activity, @lcb.wa.gov leaders would close an advisory council meeting to the public for the first time, continuing a retreat from transparency.

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WA Legislature (February 9, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 9, 2026) - Update

The Democrat majority recommended the cannabis license fee increase bill including the tie to CPI as fiscal committees prepared to move legislation before their cutoff at the end of the day.

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🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 7, 2026) - Update

Compassionate cannabis care legislation was pulled closer to consideration on the House floor while representatives planned to potentially amend and advance the cannabis license fee bill on Saturday.

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WA Legislature (February 6, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 6, 2026) - Update

Cannabis sector interests were largely opposed to State and local revenue grabs on the first day of the fiscal cutoff sprint, whereas an absence of bills on the second day told its own story.

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WA Legislature (February 5, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 5, 2026) - Update

Roughly half of the cannabis bills didn’t make the first cutoff and a rather unusual bill was staged for introduction after the cutoff as the fiscal committees took up the next round of activity.

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🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 4, 2026) - Update

Legislators considered #cannabis bills before the first cutoff on Wednesday and continued to position remaining legislation for fiscal committee review - including a Republican-led local cannabis taxation bill.

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WA Legislature (February 3, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 3, 2026) - Update

Activity amped up before the first cutoff on Wednesday amidst hearings on cannabis legislation and major amendments proposed for consideration across three bills on Tuesday.

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The Week Ahead (February 2, 2026) - Week 4 - Bills Active Before Cutoffs

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (February 2, 2026)

Six cannabis-related bills were scheduled for consideration before the House of Origin Policy Committee Cutoff at COB on Wednesday before attention turned to two revenue bills.

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WA Legislature (February 2, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 2, 2026) - Update

Activity on Friday and over the weekend signaled legislator attention was turning to cannabis revenue, but a few bills would be considered before the first cutoff on Wednesday.

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WA Legislature (January 30, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (January 30, 2026) - Update

Three cannabis bills were scheduled for executive sessions in the Senate; meanwhile, a House committee would consider advancing legislation to authorize cannabis event permitting on Friday morning.

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🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (January 29, 2026) - Update

Committee schedules were rapidly revised Wednesday and restructuring the @lcb.wa.gov was on the table, but few cannabis bills were positioned to make the cut as the first gateway loomed.

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🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (January 28, 2026) - Update

Supporters of the Community Reinvestment Program advocated for continued positive impacts addressing inequities as the State sought additional regressive revenue through increased #cannabis license fees.

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🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (January 27, 2026) - Update

The Senate policy committee heard two bills, “Ryan’s Law” emerged from inter-committee limbo, and new legislation appears likely to substantially increase annual cannabis business license fees.

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The Week Ahead (January 26, 2026) - WA Legislature - Cannabis Bill Activity This Week

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (January 26, 2026)

Legislators planned to take up five cannabis bills across three unique subjects, but only had 1.5 weeks to move legislation before the House of Origin Policy Committee Cutoff on February 4th.

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WA Legislature (January 26, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (January 26, 2026) - Update

At the start of week three, new bills continued to be introduced and the primary policy committee in the Senate was ready to hear testimony on its first two cannabis bills of the short session.

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🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (January 23, 2026) - Update

The first two cannabis bills of the session were passed while legislation to welcome short-term rental guests with pre-rolls was staged for introduction Friday and already lined up for a hearing.

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WA Legislature (January 22, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (January 22, 2026) - Update

“Ryan’s Law” was advanced, the buffer zone bill was back, and the cannabis policy committees announced they’d finally be taking up cannabis legislation during the third week of session.

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WA Legislature (January 21, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (January 21, 2026) - Update

2025 legislation to authorize cannabis producer cooperatives was advanced and a 2026 bill to enable compassionate cannabis care in health care facilities was prepared for amendment.

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WA Legislature (January 20, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (January 20, 2026) - Update

Senators introduced home grow legislation into their chamber while representatives were revitalizing three cannabis-related bills considered in 2025.

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The Week Ahead (January 19, 2025) - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (January 19, 2026)

Two cannabis bills were scheduled for potential movement during the second week of session, while the @lcb.wa.gov Board cancelled their only public meeting after revising the EMT format.

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WA Legislature (January 19, 2026) - Update - Takeaways

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (January 19, 2026) - Update

A revised home grow bill was well positioned to sprout in the Senate, but legislators appeared to have more priorities ahead of tending to cannabis-related legislation in 2026.

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That all depends. It could be federal legalization or an interstate agreement authorized by the Governor as defined in RCW 43.06.495, which this bill would slightly modify.
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