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WashingtonHB 13412025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Concerning the medical cannabis authorization database.

Sponsored By: Sharon Wylie (Democratic)

Became Law

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Penalties for database contractor

If the database contractor breaks the rules, the Department of Health can cancel the contract. The contractor can be fined up to $5,000, and fines go to the health professions account.

State medical cannabis database access

The Department of Health runs a secure, statewide medical cannabis database through a contractor. Retailers with a medical endorsement add qualifying patients and designated providers and record authorized amounts. Health care professionals who prescribe or dispense controlled substances can see their patients’ records for care. Patients and providers can get their own records and see who looked up their information. Law enforcement and prosecutors can confirm recognition cards only during a bona fide investigation. The Liquor and Cannabis Board and the Department of Revenue use the database to verify excise tax exemptions at the point of sale.

Stronger privacy for patient data

Personal information in the database is confidential and not open to the public. The state does not share records with the federal government unless that person is convicted under state cannabis laws. The system follows strict security rules: personal data is nonreversible under NIST standards, resists re-identification, and uses differential privacy, and it is kept up to date. People are removed when cards expire, and you can ask to be removed sooner; a health care professional can also request removal if you no longer qualify. Records are kept at least five calendar years so the state can verify tax exemptions. During buildout, the contractor consults patients, providers, law enforcement, and a University of Washington security lab or a certified cybersecurity firm.

Rules for medical cannabis cards

When you are entered into the database at a licensed medical cannabis retailer, the retailer issues a recognition card. The card shows a random ID, your photo, the authorizing clinician, your allowed product amounts or plants, and the start and end dates. Cards last one year for adults 18+ and six months for patients under 18. You must be reexamined by a health care professional before reentry and a new card, unless a compassionate care renewal allows your provider to renew without you present. Lost or stolen cards can be replaced; without reexamination the old expiration stays, and with reexamination the new card lasts six months to one year based on age. You pay a $1 fee for each initial card and each renewal, collected by the retailer.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Sharon Wylie

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 136 • No: 6

Senate vote • 4/4/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 48 • No: 1

House vote • 3/10/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 88 • No: 5 • Other: 5

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 7/27/2025.

    4/16/2025House

  2. Chapter 59, 2025 Laws.

    4/16/2025House

  3. Governor signed.

    4/16/2025legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    4/11/2025legislature

  5. President signed.

    4/10/2025legislature

  6. Speaker signed.

    4/9/2025legislature

  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    4/4/2025House

  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    4/4/2025House

  9. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    3/26/2025House

  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    3/24/2025House

  11. Minority; without recommendation.

    3/21/2025House

  12. LC - Majority; do pass.

    3/21/2025House

  13. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

    3/12/2025House

  14. Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 5.

    3/10/2025House

  15. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/10/2025House

  16. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    3/9/2025House

  17. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    2/10/2025House

  18. CPB - Executive action taken by committee.

    2/5/2025House

  19. CPB - Majority; do pass.

    2/5/2025House

  20. First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business.

    1/16/2025House

  21. Introduced

    1/16/2025House

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