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LCB previews legislative session, presents traceability decision package to JLARC
Summary
Mark Webster told the Liquor and Cannabis Board executive management team that staff presented a decision package on cannabis traceability to JLARC and are scanning prefiled bills ahead of the Jan. 13 session; the governor's budget is expected before the 23rd.
Mark Webster, policy lead, told the Liquor and Cannabis Board’s executive management team on Dec. 10 that agency staff presented a decision package on cannabis traceability to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) and received constructive feedback.
Webster said the session is expected to begin Jan. 13 and the governor’s budget should arrive before Jan. 23. He said JLARC members thanked staff for the traceability decision package and for LCB’s presentation; staff focused the testimony on the traceability-costing recommendation among JLARC’s two recommendations.
Webster also briefed the team on a recent JLARC report summarized before the House Consumer Protection and Business Committee. He described the report as “solid” but said LCB staff would have liked more opportunity to respond to some implications; time constraints limited a fuller reply during the committee’s hearing.
The agency is monitoring prefiled bills daily and scanning proposals for potential implementation challenges. As of the briefing, Webster said the agency had not yet found bills that would immediately change their work but expected impactful proposals to appear as bills develop.
Webster noted a personnel change affecting legislative relationships: Senator Saldanha, the Senate policy chair referenced in the session briefing, will not seek re-election and intends to run for the King County Council. Webster said committee leadership changes will follow and that it is too early to predict long-term impacts.
The board did not take formal action on legislative items at the meeting; staff said they will continue to prepare for responses and brief the board as bills and the governor’s budget are released.
