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🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (September 14, 2026)

Publication of a @lcb.wa.gov Enforcement Bulletin on cannabis packaging and labeling requirements seemed to preemptively set the agenda for the agency Public Health Roundtable on Thursday.

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#WashingtonState #Cannabis
September 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (September 7, 2026)

Public health and prevention events would predominate over the next several weeks beginning with a quarterly meeting of the Washington State Health Care Authority research collaborative.

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#WashingtonState #Cannabis
September 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
🌱🏛🔍 Cassidy West: What I Learned From Both Sides of Cannabis Regulation

A former Policy and Rules Manager @lcb.wa.gov looks back on her time at the agency to suggest we all have “the courage to examine what isn’t working.”

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#WashingtonState #Cannabis
September 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (August 31, 2026)

@lcb.wa.gov Board consideration of petitions for rulemaking would only be remotely viewable by TVW as an agency policy change rescinding public access to Microsoft Teams went into effect.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
August 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (August 24, 2026)

@lcb.wa.gov staff planned to gather feedback on draft rules to implement 2026 legislation authorizing agricultural associations consisting of up to three cannabis producer licenses.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
August 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (August 17, 2026)

Members of the Sunshine Committee tasked with reviewing exemptions to the Public Records Act planned to weigh whether medical cannabis patient information should remain protected.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
August 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (August 10, 2026)

Hemp and biochar researchers planned to showcase results from a multi-year agricultural trial of industrial Cannabis as a rotation crop planted at Yakama Nation Farms.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
August 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (August 3, 2026)

The @lcb.wa.gov Board would be asked to endorse a new cannabis compact with the Quileute Tribe but otherwise planned no formal rulemaking action while draft rules were advanced.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
August 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (July 27, 2026)

The @lcb.wa.gov Board cancelled their caucus before staff released a rulemaking agenda signaling additional delays, also sent to lawmakers tasked with oversight of administrative rulemaking.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
July 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (July 20, 2026)

Following the dynamic conclusion of the DEA rescheduling hearing, there were no cannabis-related policymaking events scheduled in Washington state.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
July 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (July 13, 2026)

Following a week of critical testimony opposing the rescheduling of cannabis, the US DEA would conclude its administrative hearing on Wednesday July 15th.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
July 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
🌱🏛🔍 The Week Ahead (July 6, 2026)

The US DEA resumes its hearing on the regulation of cannabis while @lcb.wa.gov leadership learns about IT initiatives including the Cannabis Central Reporting System (CCRS).

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#WAleg #Cannabis
July 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
June 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
June 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
June 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
June 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
June 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
May 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
May 18, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
May 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
May 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
April 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
April 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
April 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌱🏛🔍 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.

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#WAleg #Cannabis
April 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM