SHB 1453: Providing a tax exemption for medical cannabis patients.
Signed into law: Chapter 79, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Wylie
- Introduced
- January 19, 2023
- Status
- C 79 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 14, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Provides a tax exemption from the 37 percent cannabis excise tax for qualifying patients and designated providers with a recognition card on purchases of cannabis products that are labeled as Department of Health (DOH) compliant product and tested in accordance with the DOH's rules.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 9, 202485 yea · 12 nay · 1 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 6, 202482 yea · 14 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 1, 202436 yea · 13 nay
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