A pair of new bills introduced in Washington State this week would make changes to existing marijuana laws, permitting producers to sell flower directly to consumers and allowing home cannabis cultivation by adults for personal use.
Both bills are set to be heard in committee next week.
HB 1449, from Rep. Shelley Kloba (D), would allow adults aged 21 and older to grow up to six cannabis plants at home for personal use, with households capped at 15 plants regardless of how many adults reside on the premises. People could also lawfully keep the marijuana produced by those plants despite the state’s existing one-ounce limit on possession.
The measure will be considered on Tuesday by the House Consumer Protection and Business Committee.
If enacted, it would be a Class 3 civil infraction if the cannabis plants or products were within public view or could be “readily smelled” from a public place or another private housing unit.
Currently it’s a felony in Washington State for adults to grow their own cannabis unless they’re state-registered medical marijuana patients.
Kloba has repeatedly sponsored cannabis homegrow legislation in recent years, but each time the proposal has fallen short. A similar effort last year died
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