🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (June 29, 2026) As the closed federal public hearing on rescheduling cannabis commenced, Washington state regulators planned to codify increased license fees and deny a request to address canopy rules. buff.ly/BaL09b3 #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (June 22, 2026) WSDA [ @wsdagov.bsky.social ] Cannabis Lab Analysis Standards Program staff planned to host a focus group on accreditation of labs, further refining a process begun in a 2018 operating budget proviso. buff.ly/mugHxrj #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (June 15, 2026) The WSLCB Board cancelled their biweekly caucus meeting for the sixth time in 2026, in keeping with a trend of decreased public engagement by board members and agency staff. buff.ly/G7ysNOJ #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (June 8, 2026) As regulators and external stakeholders converged on the CANNRA event to discuss federal cannabis policy changes, the @lcb.wa.gov board and staff were not scheduled to participate. buff.ly/KB0xhIh #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (June 1, 2026) Public health and prevention initiatives would be centered at the @lcb.wa.gov on Tuesday before board members consider five petitions for rulemaking and change retail advertising rules. buff.ly/ToaZDQ2 #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (May 25, 2026) Groups at the Washington State Health Care Authority and Department of Agriculture with indirect influence on cannabis policymaking were scheduled to convene. buff.ly/YhOD960 #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (May 18, 2026) @lcb.wa.gov board members planned to hear results from the Washington Young Adult Health Survey (WYAHS) regarding risk behaviors of 18-25 year olds, including substance use. buff.ly/LKoAhJT #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (May 11, 2026) Researchers planned to converge on the WSU Pullman campus for the first biennial Cannabis Research Symposium under new leadership amidst a radically changed federal landscape. buff.ly/Sv0OUjN #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (May 4, 2026) The @lcb.wa.gov Board would be encouraged to deny four more petitions for rulemaking centered on problems with CCRS although the merits of the petitions may warrant further consideration. buff.ly/D8hr1jn #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (April 27, 2026) The same day the U.S. Acting Attorney General signed a final order effectively rescheduling marijuana, the @lcb.wa.gov Board cancelled their only planned public meeting for this week. buff.ly/Gm7p6nf #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (April 20, 2026) @lcb.wa.gov rulemaking during the week focused on the alcohol side of the ledger with the exception of a public hearing on the Advertising rulemaking project on Thursday. buff.ly/puRe0ma #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (April 13, 2026) The @lcb.wa.gov Board cancelled their only planned public meeting whereas the Washington Traffic Safety Commission would host AAA and MADD representatives to discuss impaired driving. buff.ly/Puxuuwj #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (April 6, 2026) WSU researchers would publicly discuss CBG before the public would be granted an opportunity to hear from the first ever @lcb.wa.gov CIO. buff.ly/YHG9ZtU #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (March 30, 2026) On Tuesday, the @lcb.wa.gov Enforcement and Education division was expected to provide an “Information Sharing Group Presentation” and “Community Partnership Updates.” buff.ly/9s2MxQ6 #WashingtonState #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (March 23, 2026) The Governor planned to address the community reinvestment legislation before @lcb.wa.gov staff convened another focus group on draft rules which would authorize bulk discount pricing. buff.ly/XzsGMYC #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (March 16, 2026) After months of delay, participants would have an opportunity to comment on a second set of revised draft rules during a @lcb.wa.gov focus group on the SB 5403 Implementation rulemaking project. buff.ly/eV7SLp2 #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (March 13, 2026) - Update The regular session came to a comparably calm close with passage of the budgets and the cannabis producer cooperatives bill, one of only three cannabis bills passed by legislators in 2026. buff.ly/DMczbPe #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (March 12, 2026) - Update “Ryan’s Law” became law, cannabis license fees will go up, and the cannabis producer cooperatives bill needed a concurrence vote in the House on the final day of the 2026 regular session. buff.ly/WAnt9Vc #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (March 11, 2026) - Update A bill to increase cannabis license fees was advanced and the supplemental operating budget report was readied as legislators began the penultimate day of the 2026 regular session. buff.ly/fWpJDmi #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (March 10, 2026) - Update The operating budget was shunted behind closed doors for final revision as Senators aimed to move legislation to increase cannabis license fees in the final days of session. buff.ly/Ghg6Pvs #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (March 9, 2026) As the lege wrapped a short session, @lcb.wa.gov board members would host an irregular meeting to re-address a petition which found the board at odds with the agency staff recommendation. buff.ly/43zFwqx #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (March 9, 2026) - Update Legislators caught their breath following the final cutoff on Friday in preparation for a final sine die sprint which may include moving the #cannabis license fee bill outside of the regular rules of order. buff.ly/cQu4Yfv #WAleg #WashingtonState

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (March 6, 2026) - Update The trimmed version of the cannabis producer cooperatives bill was passed by the Senate and testing labs legislation was positioned for consideration before the final cutoff Friday at 5pm PT. buff.ly/Qrxbxc0 #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (March 5, 2026) - Update The Community Reinvestment Program legislation was passed, “Ryan’s Law” was on its way to the Governor’s desk, and the Senate planned to move the NTIB cannabis license fee increase bill. buff.ly/9F1nmHe #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (March 4, 2026) - Update A busy day in the Senate saw the calendaring and final passage of Ryan’s Law—the first cannabis bill passed in 2026—as well as movement of the producer cooperatives legislation and budget. buff.ly/mWF7Ogf #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (March 3, 2026) - Update All tracked legislation made it through the committee cutoff, the cannabis license fee increase bill was headed to the Senate, and an ag bill with cannabis provisions would get a post-cutoff hearing. buff.ly/mFsq7mc #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (March 2, 2026) One cannabis-related bill remained at risk before the cutoff heading into the final ten days of the 2026 regular session as the WSLCB Board prepared to advance advertising rulemaking. buff.ly/NzyEGRo #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (March 2, 2026) - Update Representatives passed the cannabis license fee bill then spun about the Senate supplemental operating budget returning their version of the legislation ahead of the next cutoff on Monday. buff.ly/t6qKp95 #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 28, 2026) - Update The Senate passed their version of the supplemental operating budget Friday afternoon, handing it off to the House where the next round of the somewhat traditional dance was quickly prepared. buff.ly/wPHAM7a #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (Feb 27, 2026) - Update Bills on compassionate cannabis care at end of life and the Community Reinvestment Program were heard in the Senate fiscal committee with four days remaining before the fiscal cutoff. cannabis.observer/observations... #WAleg #WashingtonState #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 26, 2026) - Update Four cannabis-related bills remained active after the Wednesday cutoff as legislators took initial swings with the supplemental operating budgets and prepared for final fiscal committee work. buff.ly/byNxhBD #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 25, 2026) - Update With slightly more than two weeks left, legislators continued to winnow down the bills under consideration ahead of the Opposite House Policy Committee Cutoff on Wednesday. buff.ly/7AyKTv7 #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 24, 2026) - Update The rewritten #cannabis labs bill was advanced, the annual license fee increase bill was revived, “Ryan’s Law” was referred for fiscal review, a new hemp bill appeared, and limited producer cooperatives may happen. buff.ly/joq6sqI #WAleg

🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (February 23, 2026) The remaining four cannabis-related bills were well positioned before the Wednesday cutoff while legislators tightened up supplemental budgets during the last week for committee activity. buff.ly/n6Vq6qO #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 23, 2026) - Update “Ryan’s Law” was advanced, the @lcb.wa.gov's remaining authority over testing labs may be rescinded, and the proposed supplemental operating budgets were published. buff.ly/rZXxfPE #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 20, 2026) - Update Day 40 marked the passage of two-thirds of the 2026 regular session as legislators considered opposite house bills including “Ryan’s Law” and cannabis testing lab legislation. buff.ly/BVzilIm #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 19, 2026) - Update All four of the remaining cannabis-related bills were scheduled to receive hearings and executive sessions in Senate policy committees starting with ”Ryan’s Law” on Thursday morning. buff.ly/ftgx3HS #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 WA Legislature (February 18, 2026) - Update The House of Origin Cutoff left four cannabis-related bills clearly active, only one third as many bills directly relevant to the sector as legislators advanced during the last short session in 2024. buff.ly/c4SXxJX #WAleg #WashingtonState #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/VpvlLPh #WAleg #WashingtonState #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/V4i9eOL #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/0aeVKpA #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/ZoTyW2z #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/raxSKFA #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/3GIdjsO #WAleg #WashingtonState #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/VTHz4jj #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/ef6IURd #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/O7sLnVP #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/Gscy9GH #WAleg #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/W3F7UAG #WAleg #WashingtonState #Cannabis

🌱🏛🔍 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. buff.ly/fU3skEa #WAleg #Cannabis