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Bill would let Liquor and Cannabis Board verify medical excise-tax exemptions using DOH registry
Summary
House Bill 1341 would authorize the Liquor and Cannabis Board to verify cannabis excise-tax exemptions through the Department of Health's medical cannabis authorization database. Sponsors and agency witnesses said the change is intended to prevent abuse of a tax exemption created last year for registered medical patients.
House Bill 1341 would allow the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) to verify excise-tax exemptions for medical cannabis purchases by checking the Department of Health (DOH) medical cannabis authorization database.
What the committee heard: Megan Mulvihill, staff to the committee, briefed members on the DOH-managed medical cannabis authorization database and described current tax rules: qualifying registered patients or designated providers issued a recognition card are exempt from sales and use taxes and the 37% cannabis excise…
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