A House committee in Washington State has advanced a bill to legalize the home cultivation of marijuana, though lawmakers first reduced the proposed number of plants that would be allowed from six per person down to four.
The panel also gutted a separate bill that would have banned the sale of high-THC cannabis products to people under 25, replacing that provision with one instead requiring retailers to warn customers about the potential dangers of high-potency products.
Both bills were before the House Regulated Substances and Gaming Committee on Monday. Members voted 7–4 to approve the marijuana homegrow measure and 9–2 to advance the modified THC bill.
The cultivation bill—HB 2194, introduced by Rep. Shelly Kloba (D), who co-chairs the committee—originally would have let adults grow up to six cannabis plants, with no more than 15 per household. An amendment from Rep. Greg Cheney (R), however, reduced those limits to four plants per person and no more than 10 per household—a change approved unanimously.
“I heard back from a few folks who thought that six plants or more for personal home consumption might be a little too high,” Cheney explained, adding that he thought the amended bill “a great compromise.”
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