WA People
BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 1550: Cannabis

Regulating the production, distribution, and sale of cannabis.

Summary

  • Promotes business for Washington by licensing, taxing, and selling cannabis under the regulation of the Liquor Control Board (LCB).
  • Establishes a state tax of 15 percent per gram of cannabis sold.
  • Requires agricultural farmers wishing to produce, process, or package cannabis to obtain a license through the LCB at an annual cost of $5,000.
  • Requires all license fees, penalties, forfeitures, taxes, and all other revenue received by the LCB from cannabis to be deposited in a Cannabis Revolving Fund and distributed to the Department of Health, the Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, the Department of Agriculture, and the LCB.
  • Legalizes possession of cannabis for adults over the age of 21 years old.
  • Eliminates marijuana from the controlled substance list in the Uniform Controlled Substance Act.

From the House Bill Analysis 2011 (HB 1550), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 25, 2011
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mary Lou Dickerson (D-36)
Introduced
January 25, 2011 in the House
Last action
April 11, 2012
Companion bill
SB 5598
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to regulating the production, distribution, and sale of cannabis;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mary Lou Dickerson (D-36)

13 co-sponsors (13 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Roger Goodman D-45Dave Upthegrove D-33Jamie Pedersen D-43Sherry Appleton D-23Mary Helen Roberts D-21Eileen Cody D-34Luis Moscoso D-1Deb Eddy D-48Tami Green D-28Jeannie Darneille D-27Joe Fitzgibbon D-34Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney D-46Andy Billig D-3

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness.

HB 1550 in other sessions

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