WashingtonCannabis producers may cooperate to prepare and market products
Washington law lets licensed cannabis producers form groups to prepare and market cannabis, with each group limited to three producer licenses.
What it does
Licensed cannabis producers may work together in associations or cooperatives to prepare and market products. Each group may represent up to three producer licenses and must follow rules that protect members.
Argument forProducers could share the work of preparing and marketing cannabis, which may help them handle and sell their products together.
Argument againstThe voting or dividend rules could limit how producers govern a group or raise money from its members.
More detail
Licensed cannabis producers may form associations or cooperatives and work together on their products. For these rules, cannabis counts as an agricultural product, and the group may represent no more than three cannabis producer licenses. The group must operate for its members' mutual benefit and follow one or both rules: each member gets no more than one vote, or dividends on member stock or capital are capped at 8 percent per year. The group may handle nonmembers' products only up to the value of the products it handles for members.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 25Effective date 6/11/2026.Latest
- Mar 25Chapter 218, 2026 Laws.Major
- Mar 25Governor Bob Ferguson signed.Became Law
- Mar 12Delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Vote recorded Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2). Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 12President signed.Major
- Mar 12Speaker signed.Passed Senate
- Mar 12Passed final passage; yeas, 69; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 3.Passed House
- Mar 12House concurred in Senate amendments.
- Mar 5Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 5Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.Minor
- Mar 5Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- Mar 3Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.Minor
- Feb 25Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- Feb 24Minority; without recommendation.Minor
- Feb 24Minority; do not pass.Minor
- Feb 24LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).Minor
- Feb 24Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:45 AM.
- Feb 23Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- Feb 17First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.Minor
- Feb 13Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 5.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.Minor
- Feb 13Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- Feb 11Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.Minor
- Jan 22Referred to Rules 2 Review.Minor
- Jan 20Minority; without recommendation.Minor
- Jan 20Minority; do not pass.Minor
- Jan 20AGNR - Majority; do pass.Minor
- Jan 20Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- Jan 12By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- 2025
- Feb 18Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- Feb 11First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.Introduced
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