BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 1614: Home cultivation of cannabis

Concerning the home cultivation of cannabis.

Summary

  • Authorizes adults age 21 and over to produce up to six cannabis plants on the premises of their housing unit, subject to production and possession limits and other restrictions and conditions.
  • Establishes class 3 civil infractions related to plants or cannabis being visible within the ordinary public view or readily smelled.
  • Establishes class 1 civil infractions related to the unsafe storage of homegrown cannabis.
  • Prohibits home grows by family day care providers and foster family homes, retains landlords' rights to prohibit home grows, and modifies the real property forfeiture statute as it applies to cannabis.
  • Prohibits the investigation and enforcement of home grow requirements by the Liquor and Cannabis Board, except for mutual law enforcement assistance upon request in certain circumstances.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1614), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 26, 2023
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Shelley Kloba (D-1)
Introduced
January 26, 2023 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2024
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to the home cultivation of cannabis;

Sponsors

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. Referred to Appropriations.
  3. Minority; do not pass.
  4. Minority; without recommendation.
  5. RSG - Majority; do pass.
  6. RSG - Executive action taken by committee.
  7. First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming.

HB 1614 in other sessions

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