H-1365.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1822
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session
By House Regulated Substances & Gaming (originally sponsored by
Representatives Morgan and Chapman)
READ FIRST TIME 02/17/23.
1 AN ACT Relating to complimentary products provided by short-term
2 rental operators to guests; amending RCW 70.123.150; and adding a new
3 section to chapter 69.50 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 69.50
6 RCW to read as follows:
7 (1) There is an annual permit to allow short-term rental
8 operators to provide a complimentary prerolled useable cannabis
9 product, not to exceed one gram of useable cannabis for each
10 prerolled useable cannabis product, to each rental guest who is age
11 21 or over. The annual permit fee is $75. A single permit applies to
12 all rental properties owned or operated by a short-term rental
13 operator and identified in the permit application.
14 (2) Upon application in the prescribed form being made to any
15 employee authorized by the board to issue permits, accompanied by
16 payment of the prescribed fee, and upon the employee being satisfied
17 that the applicant should be granted a permit under this section, the
18 employee must issue to the applicant under such regulations as may be
19 prescribed by the board a permit under this section.
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1 (3) Moneys collected from the permit fee in this section must be
2 deposited in the domestic violence prevention account in RCW
3 70.123.150.
4 (4) For purposes of this section, "short-term rental,"
5 "operator," and "guest" have the same meanings as in RCW 64.37.010.
6 Sec. 2. RCW 70.123.150 and 2015 c 275 s 10 are each amended to
7 read as follows:
8 The domestic violence prevention account is created in the state
9 treasury. All receipts from fees imposed for deposit in the domestic
10 violence prevention account under RCW 36.18.016, and all receipts
11 from fees imposed under section 1 of this act, must be deposited into
12 the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after
13 appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for
14 funding the following:
15 (1) Culturally specific prevention efforts and culturally
16 appropriate community-based domestic violence services for victims of
17 domestic violence from populations that have been traditionally
18 underserved or unserved;
19 (2) Age appropriate prevention and intervention services for
20 children who have been exposed to domestic violence or youth who have
21 been victims of dating violence; and
22 (3) Outreach and education efforts by community-based domestic
23 violence programs designed to increase public awareness about, and
24 primary and secondary prevention of, domestic and dating violence.
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Statutes affected: Substitute Bill: 64.37.010