---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding authority to the department of agriculture to regulate sanitary processing of marijuana-infused edibles."
description: "Adding authority to the department of agriculture to regulate sanitary processing of marijuana-infused edibles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1462"
citation: "Washington HB 1462 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS", "DRUGS", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kloba"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6752cd1-6e43-4b48-ad6d-aad86854db5d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1462&year=2017"
source_hash: "19aa5e762ecb9a3ef7bf9388aa33e874dc8303d38c8c4bf710c96447aa7b9ac4"
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 1462 (2017-2018) — Adding authority to the department of agriculture to regulate sanitary processing of marijuana-infused edibles.

## 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/1462.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1462-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#32) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kloba — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Condotta — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Commerce & Gaming.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-02** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Commerce & Gaming.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** AWTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-16** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 138, 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/e6752cd1-6e43-4b48-ad6d-aad86854db5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).