Don’t Expect to See Legal Pot Delivered to Your Doorstep Anytime Soon
The bill from Representative Chris Hurst (D-Enumclaw) that would have set up a pilot program allowing for delivery service by state-licensed cannabis retailers failed to meet the house’s February 26 voting cutoff on policy bills.
According to Hurst, it wasn’t popular with certain parts of Seattle’s pot industry, which didn’t trust the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board to implement it fairly. Despite these woes, Hurst told me, the bill could still make it, as it has a fiscal component and could be voted on as part of the budget process.
“It’s not dead yet,” he said. “I think it’s a very good bill, and I think Seattle brought forward a good proposal. I’d like to see it move through. And I’m not done yet with the tax reduction bill or the preemption bill”…