Notice of Committee Passage of Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5276

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E2SSB 5276, titled AN ACT Relating to hemp production, has been passed by the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming. The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

E2S SB 5276 Sec. 6  requires the WSDA to establish license fees in rule for an amount that will fund the implementation and sustain the hemp program. The cash receipt impact is indeterminate at this time because that agency does no know the number of grower licenses that will be issued and fees will be determined during rulemaking.

The Department of Health will not have cash receipts.

This bill intends to authorize the growing of hemp in conformance with the agriculture improvement act of 2018 (Federal law).  Hemp is defined as the plant "Cannabis sativa L." and any part of it, including the seeds, extracts, cannabinoids, etc, with a THC concentration of not more than 0.3% dry weight. 

There are some new fees in this legislation, however, they are not collected by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board ("Board").

The following legislators voted do pass:

Representative Steve Kirby
Democrat
(360) 786-7996
Steve.Kirby@leg.wa.gov

Representative Brian Blake
Democrat
(360) 786-7870
Brian.Blake@leg.wa.gov

Representative Derek Stanford
Democrat
(360) 786-7928
Derek.Stanford@leg.wa.gov

Representative Brandon Vick
Republican
(360) 786-7850
Brandon.Vick@leg.wa.gov

Representative Drew MacEwen
Republican
(360) 786-7902
Drew.MacEwen@leg.wa.gov

Representative Shelley Kloba
Democrat
(360) 786-7900
Shelley.Kloba@leg.wa.gov

Representative Bill Jenkin
Republican
(360) 786-7836
Bill.Jenkin@leg.wa.gov

Representative Kristine Reeves
Democrat
(360) 786-7830
Kristine.Reeves@leg.wa.gov

Representative Kelly Chambers
Republican
(360) 786-7948
CHAMBERS_KE@leg.wa.gov

Representative Melanie Morgan
Democrat
(360) 786-7906
MORGAN_ME@leg.wa.gov


Not voting:

Representative Cindy Ryu
Democrat
(360) 786-7880
Cindy.Ryu@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jesse Young
Republican
(360) 786-7964
Jesse.Young@leg.wa.gov



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