---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning criminal penalties applicable to licensed marijuana retailers and employees of marijuana retail outlets. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning criminal penalties applicable to employees of marijuana retail outlets. )"
description: "Concerning criminal penalties applicable to licensed marijuana retailers and employees of marijuana retail outlets. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning criminal penalties applicable to employees of marijuana retail outlets. )"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1792"
citation: "Washington HB 1792 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettigrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78022bdb-d1b2-43cc-942d-8240574b5828"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1792&year=2019"
source_hash: "c57eade76f16623e43e3491fee5ed54c4832943b82cfd55991427e1f82915d71"
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 1792 (2019-2020) — Concerning criminal penalties applicable to licensed marijuana retailers and employees of marijuana retail outlets. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning criminal penalties applicable to employees of marijuana retail outlets. )

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1792.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#56) — **28–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **66–30** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#26) — **89–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pettigrew — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** COG - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** LBRC - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-14** And refer to Law & Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Referred to Law & Justice.
- **2019-04-02** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 66; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 379, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-14T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-04-01T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-02T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78022bdb-d1b2-43cc-942d-8240574b5828`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).