Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 314-55-083; the Washington state liquor and cannabis board (board) is considering possible amendments to WAC 314-55-083 and any other sections of chapter 314-55 WAC as may be necessary regarding tracking of individual cannabis plants by cannabis licensees.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: In October 2023, the board accepted a petition for rule making from a member of the public requesting amendments to WAC 314-55-083 (4)(f). The current rule requires each plant that is eight inches or more in height or width to be physically tagged with a unique identifier and tracked individually. The petition requested updating WAC 314-55-083 (4)(f) to allow cannabis plants larger than eight inches of the same strain and growth stage to be tracked in a batch. The current rule requires cannabis plants larger than eight inches to be tracked individually through production.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Jeff Kildahl, Policy and Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 43080, Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-480-7960, fax 360-704-5027, email rules@lcb.wa.gov, website lcb.wa.gov.

Additional comments: Interested persons can participate in the rule process through open public meetings and by submitting written comments, and are encouraged to sign up for the interested parties list (GovDelivery) at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/WALCB/subscriber/new. Rule-making notices and stakeholder engagement opportunities will be emailed via GovDelivery and posted to the board website at lcb.wa.gov.