Washington State lawmakers took public testimony Thursday on a bill that would, more than a decade after voters approved cannabis legalization, finally allow adults to grow the plant for themselves at home.
House Bill 1614, heard by the House Committee on Regulated Substances and Gaming, would permit cultivation of up to six cannabis plants for personal use by residents 21 and older. A vote on the bill by the panel is scheduled for next week.
Washington was one of the first in the nation to legalize cannabis, but its 2012 law didn’t include homegrow provisions. While most other legal states now permit adults to grow a small number of plants for personal use, lawmakers in Washington have rejected numerous past efforts to legalize the practice, and it remains classified as a felony.
“The basic premise under this bill is that cannabis is a plant, and you can buy products made from it in a store,” Rep. Shelley Kloba (D), HB 1614’s lead sponsor and a co-chair of the substances and gaming committee, said before public testimony began. “Making it illegal to grow at home seems just not logical.”
Kloba stressed that the bill’s proposed six-plant personal limit aligns with caps
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