Washington’s Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce has voted to pass a bill to alter the state’s possession limit for marijuana-infused liquids.
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Senate Bill 5340 was given approval by the committee in a unanimous 9 to 0 vote. The vote comes five days after the full House of Representatives advanced the bill in a vote of 88 to 9. The measure must now be advanced through one further Senate committee before it can be considered by the full chamber and if passed, sent to Governor Jay Inslee.
Under current Washington law those 21 and older can possess up to 72 ounces of marijuana-infused products in liquid form, given it has no more than 100mg of THC per product and no more than 10mg THC per serving. Senate Bill 5340 would make it so that a retailer “may sell more than 72 ounces of cannabis-infused product in liquid form if the product is packaged in individual units containing no more than four milligrams of THC per unit.”
The measure clarifies that “a person 21 years of age or older may legally possess the amounts above and may transfer half of such amounts to another person or persons 21 years of age or older if the transfer complies with other applicable requirements.”
Washington legalized marijuana in November, 2012, tying Colorado as the first state to do so. In the over 11 years since the law passed, lawmakers have made no changes to the state’s marijuana possession limit, despite making numerous other alterations.
