Regulated substance use data

AN ACT Relating to the creation of a data dashboard to track 1
policies, funding, and program and health outcomes related to the 2
sale, consumption, and use of regulated substances; and adding a new 3
section to chapter 66.08 RCW. 4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 66.08 6
RCW to read as follows: 7
(1) The board, in consultation with the department of health, the 8
health care authority, and other agencies the board deems 9
appropriate, shall publish in a conspicuous location on the board's 10
website and update, at least annually, the information identified in 11
subsection (2) of this section. 12
(2) The following information, identified separately for each 13
substance regulated by the board, must be published under this 14
section: 15
(a) Compliance rates, with all personally identifiable 16
information redacted, regarding the board's enforcement of laws or 17
rules prohibiting the sale of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco 18
products, and vapor products to persons under 21 years of age;19
(b) The number of citations, with all personally identifiable 20
information redacted, issued annually for violations of laws or rules 21
H-0043.1
HOUSE BILL 1066
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Reeves, Morgan, Wylie, and Davis
Prefiled 12/13/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on Consumer Protection & Business.
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prohibiting the sale of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco 1
products, or vapor products to persons under 21 years of age;2
(c) The number of citations, with all personally identifiable 3
information redacted, issued annually for violations of laws or rules 4
prohibiting the sale, service, or delivery of liquor to an 5
intoxicated person or a person who is apparently under the influence 6
of liquor, and for violations of laws or rules prohibiting the 7
purchase or consumption of liquor by a person who is apparently under 8
the influence of liquor; 9
(d) Data from the healthy youth survey about youth use, access, 10
and perceptions of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, 11
and vapor products in Washington; 12
(e) Information reported to the board from the department of 13
health or the health care authority about the prevalence in 14
Washington state of the use of alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco 15
products, and vapor products; 16
(f) Information reported to the board by the department of health 17
and the health care authority about the amount and source of funding 18
appropriated or available per fiscal year to the department of health 19
and the health care authority for programs for preventing and 20
deterring the use of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, 21
and vapor products and treating substance use disorders related to 22
these regulated substances; 23
(g) Available data reported to the board by the department of 24
health or the health care authority about: 25
(i) Annual health care expenditures in the state caused by 26
liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products;27
(ii) Annual state medicaid total health expenditures caused by 28
consumption or use of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, 29
and vapor products; 30
(iii) Cessation expenditures for cigarettes or tobacco products 31
through the school employees' benefits board and the public 32
employees' benefits board; 33
(iv) Annual deaths in Washington caused by smoking or consuming 34
cigarettes, tobacco products, alcohol, vapor products, or cannabis;35
(v) State spending on tobacco prevention and cessation funding as 36
compared to funding levels recommended by the United States centers 37
for disease control and prevention; 38
(vi) Health equity metrics including disparities in the rates of 39
diseases or disorders caused by or associated with the consumption or 40
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use of alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor 1
products; and 2
(vii) Demographic impact metrics including disparities in the 3
rates of consumption or use of alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco 4
products, and vapor products; 5
(h) The amount of the following taxes, fees, and penalties 6
collected by the state in the most recent fiscal year:7
(i) Taxes collected from the sale of liquor, cannabis, 8
cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products; 9
(ii) License fees collected related to the manufacture, 10
distribution, and sale of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco 11
products, and vapor products; and 12
(iii) Money received from penalties imposed by the board on 13
licensees for violations of laws related to the manufacture, 14
distribution, or sale of liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco 15
products, or vapor products; and 16
(i) The number of occurrences of, and economic impact on the 17
regulated market from, the: 18
(i) Inversion of cannabis or cannabis products into the regulated 19
cannabis system involving a person licensed under RCW 69.50.325 as a 20
cannabis producer, processor, or retailer, purchasing or obtaining 21
cannabis or cannabis products from an unauthorized person or source; 22
and 23
(ii) Diversion of cannabis or cannabis products out of the 24
regulated cannabis system involving a person licensed under RCW 25
69.50.325 as a cannabis producer, processor, or retailer, selling or 26
transferring cannabis or cannabis products to an unauthorized person 27
or recipient. 28
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