---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning cannabis retailer advertising."
description: "Concerning cannabis retailer advertising."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5206"
citation: "Washington SB 5206 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MacEwen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42cb38c8-fd20-4226-8cea-ba57e81a1d2f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5206&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "4c1b41120dfc7a89ae04bbdfb4e7f41441ff6ac4c32ade456676707cc9b9e67a"
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 SB 5206 (2025-2026) — Concerning cannabis retailer advertising.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5206.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5206.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5206.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **38–10** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **72–23** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **39–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MacEwen — primary (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** CPB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 378, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 1/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42cb38c8-fd20-4226-8cea-ba57e81a1d2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).