---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing retail marijuana outlets to give a free lockable drug box to adults age twenty-one years and over and to qualifying patients age eighteen years and over subject to restrictions."
description: "Authorizing retail marijuana outlets to give a free lockable drug box to adults age twenty-one years and over and to qualifying patients age eighteen years and over subject to restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1250"
citation: "Washington HB 1250 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "HEALTH CARE", "DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86201d2b-3488-4c49-a590-9756976f27a5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1250&year=2017"
source_hash: "bc41332a68af62058bbd8c17f42b000b1cc4510555c7f30f4fd9bbef104fcef3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1250 (2017-2018) — Authorizing retail marijuana outlets to give a free lockable drug box to adults age twenty-one years and over and to qualifying patients age eighteen years and over subject to restrictions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1250.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** COG - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** CLS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 131, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86201d2b-3488-4c49-a590-9756976f27a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).