WSR 25-14-037

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

LIQUOR AND CANNABIS

BOARD

[Filed June 25, 2025, 8:33 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Title 314 WAC; the Washington state liquor and cannabis board (LCB) is considering repealing, amending, and creating rule sections as necessary, including WAC 314-55-310 on cannabis transportation licenses, to consider allowing cannabis transportation licensees to cross-dock at a distribution fulfillment hub, as requested in a petition for rule making accepted by LCB in September 2024.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 69.50.342 and 69.50.345.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Amendments to and repeal of existing rules, as well as the creation of new rules in chapter 314-55 WAC may be necessary to address a petition for rule making accepted by LCB in September 2024 on cannabis transportation licenses, seeking to allow them to cross-dock.

Process for Developing New Rule: Collaborative rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Daniel Jacobs, Policy and Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 43080, Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-480-1238, 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 LCB website at lcb.wa.gov.

June 18, 2025

Justin Nordhorn

Policy and External Affairs Director