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
- IntroducedJan 26, 2023
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- 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
Prime sponsor: Shelley Kloba (D-1)
8 co-sponsors (8 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- Referred to Appropriations.
- Minority; do not pass.
- Minority; without recommendation.
- RSG - Majority; do pass.
- RSG - Executive action taken by committee.
- First reading, referred to Regulated Substances & Gaming.
HB 1614 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1614 (2025–26) Capital gains tax
- HB 1614 (2021–22) Online marketplaces
- HB 1614 (2019–20) Traffic lane merge education
- HB 1614 (2017–18) Impaired driving
- HB 1614 (2015–16) K-12 employee wages
- HB 1614 (2013–14) Audiology degrees at WWU
- HB 1614 (2011–12) Traumatic brain injury
- HB 1614 (2009–10) Petroleum in storm water