SENATE BILL REPORT
SHB 2182
As of February 12, 2024
Title: An act relating to the creation of a data dashboard to track policies, funding, and program and health outcomes related to the sale, consumption, and use of regulated substances.
Brief Description: Creating a data dashboard to track use of regulated substances.
Sponsors: House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming (originally sponsored by Representatives Reeves, Cheney, Leavitt, Reed, Callan and Sandlin).
Brief History: Passed House: 2/6/24, 97-0.
Committee Activity: Labor & Commerce: 2/15/24.
Brief Summary of Bill
  • Requires the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) to annually publish on its website certain information related to compliance rates, citations issued, information reported to the LCB by other agencies, the amount of taxes and penalties collected, and the impact on the regulated market from the inversion and diversion of cannabis and cannabis products.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR & COMMERCE
Staff: Jarrett Sacks (786-7448)
Background:

The Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) administers and enforces liquor, tobaccovapor product, and cannabis laws and regulations.  The LCB publishes an annual report that generally covers information related to taxes and fees collected and compliance rates and citations related to the sale or possession of regulated substances.

 

The Healthy Youth Survey is a biennial survey administered to sixth through twelfth grade students in Washington that measures health risk behaviors including alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, and other drug use that contribute to illness, death, and social problems. LCB supports the Health Care Authority's (HCA) Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, the Department of Health (DOH), and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in the development of the Healthy Youth Survey. 

Summary of Bill:

LCB, in consultation with DOH, HCA, and other appropriate agencies, must publish on its website and update, at least annually, the following information:

  • compliance rates regarding LCB's enforcement of laws or rules prohibiting the sale of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products to persons under 21 years of age;
  • the number of citations issued annually for violations of laws or rules prohibiting the sale of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, or vapor products to persons under 21 years of age;
  • the number of citations, with all personally identifiable information redacted, issued annually for violations of laws or rules prohibiting the sale, service, or delivery of liquor to an intoxicated person or a person who is apparently under the influence of liquor, and for violations of laws or rules prohibiting the purchase or consumption of liquor by a person who is apparently under the influence of liquor;
  • data from the Healthy Youth Survey about youth use, access, and perceptions of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products;
  • information reported to LCB from DOH or HCA about the prevalence in the state of the use of alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products; and
  • information reported to LCB by DOH and HCA about the amount and source of funding appropriated or available per fiscal year to DOH and HCA for preventing and deterring the use of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products and treating substance use disorders related to these regulated substances.

 

LCB must also publish data reported by DOH and HCA about:

  • annual health care expenditures in the state caused by liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products;
  • annual state Medicaid total health expenditures caused by consumption or use of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products;
  • cessation expenditures for cigarettes or tobacco products through the school employees' benefits board and the public employees' benefits board;
  • annual deaths in Washington caused by smoking or consuming cigarettes, tobacco products, alcohol, vapor products, or cannabis;
  • state spending on tobacco prevention and cessation funding as compared to funding levels recommended by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
  • health equity metrics including disparities in the rates of diseases or disorders caused by or associated with the consumption or use of alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products; and
  • demographic impact metrics including disparities in the rates of consumption or use of alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products.

 

The information published by LCB must also include the amount of the following taxes, fees, and penalties collected in the most recent fiscal year:

  • taxes collected from the sale of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products;
  • license fees collected related to the manufacture, distribution, and sale of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products; and
  • money received from penalties imposed by LCB on licensees for violations of laws related to the manufacture, distribution, or sale of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, or vapor products.

 

LCB must also publish the number of occurrences of, and economic impact on the regulated market from, the inversion and diversion of cannabis or cannabis products. 

Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Available.
Creates Committee/Commission/Task Force that includes Legislative members: No.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.