HB 1346 — Removing cannabis industry barriers.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-16
AN ACT Relating to removing barriers to the responsible growth of Washington's cannabis industry by removing restrictions on investing in Washington cannabis businesses, modifying which owners must qualify for and be named on a cannabis license, authorizing additional fees, and providing for the suspension of inactive cannabis producer licenses;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Hackney, David (D, WA-11) — sponsor · 2025-01-16
- Waters, Kevin (R, WA-17) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Reeves, Kristine (D, WA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Walen, Amy (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Springer, Larry (D, WA-45) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Hill, Natasha (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-16 | Hackney, David | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | Hill, Natasha | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | Reeves, Kristine | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | Springer, Larry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | Walen, Amy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-16 | Waters, Kevin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hackney, David (D, state_lower WA-11) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Hill, Natasha (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Reeves, Kristine (D, state_lower WA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Springer, Larry (D, state_lower WA-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Walen, Amy (D, state_lower WA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Waters, Kevin (R, state_lower WA-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Waters, Kevin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Springer, Larry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Hill, Natasha (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Walen, Amy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · sponsored by Hackney, David (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-16 · cosponsored by Reeves, Kristine (cosponsor) · sponsorship