WSR 25-20-039

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

LIQUOR AND CANNABIS

BOARD

[Filed September 24, 2025, 9:19 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: The Washington state liquor and cannabis board (board) is considering amending WAC 314-55-105 to require cannabis harvest and processing dates to be displayed on the labels of all recreational cannabis products. This preproposal statement of inquiry is filed in response to a petition for rule making regarding WAC 314-55-105 that was approved by the board on March 13, 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: Rule making is necessary to consider possible changes to these current rules to require harvest or processing to be displayed on the product labels. Current rules do not require the harvest and processing dates of cannabis products to be included on the labels of recreational cannabis products.

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 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.

September 24, 2025

Justin Nordhorn

Policy and External Affairs Director