H-3098.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1932
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By House Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by Representatives Morgan, Waters, Donaghy, Reeves, Walen, Hill, Reed, Fitzgibbon, Simmons, Ormsby, and Scott)
READ FIRST TIME 02/03/26.
AN ACT Relating to authorizing the consumption of cannabis in regulated environments while including protections for public health and safety; amending RCW 69.50.328 , 69.50.345 , 69.50.342 , 69.50.331 , 69.50.325 , 69.50.346 , 69.50.335 , 69.50.354 , 69.50.357 , 69.50.380 , 69.50.369 , 69.50.390 , 69.50.334 , 69.50.339 , 69.50.445 , 69.50.465 , 69.50.475 , 69.50.535 , 69.50.4013 , 70.160.020 , 70.160.060 , 69.50.101 , 69.50.101 , 43.06.490 , 43.79.567 , and 70.155.120 ; adding new sections to chapter 69.50 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that consumers who legally purchase cannabis products from Washington's licensed and regulated cannabis market lack legal pathways to responsibly consume cannabis products in safe and regulated environments outside of their homes. Some living situations do not allow the use of cannabis, and so for many people there remains no legal and practical pathways to consume cannabis under Washington law. The legislature finds that creating a legal pathway for cannabis consumption is within the spirit of Initiative Measure No. 502, which called for bringing cannabis under a tightly regulated, state-licensed system similar to that for controlling hard alcohol. Washington's cannabis market has grown and matured substantially since 2012; it is time to continue the considered evolution of the industry by creating legal environments where adult consumers age 21 and over may purchase and consume cannabis products on-site in designated consumption areas. The legislature finds that by creating a cannabis event organizer license as a new license type to conduct a limited number of events each year, subject to statutory and regulatory requirements, local government ordinances, and regulation by the liquor and cannabis board, Washington can follow the lead of other states that have successfully legalized cannabis consumption events or activities and entrusted their citizens to partake responsibly.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 69.50 RCW to read as follows: