Bills by Topic Results
Bills that have passed the Legislature are shown in bold text with an * preceding them.
BUSINESSES
   (See also AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS; COMPUTERS; CONSUMER PROTECTION; CONTRACTORS; CORPORATIONS; CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS; CRIMES; FARMS AND FARMING; FIREARMS; GAMBLING; INSURANCE; LICENSING, DEPARTMENT; MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, OFFICE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROFESSIONS; REAL ESTATE AND REAL PROPERTY; SALES; TAXES - BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION; TAXES - LODGING TAX; TOWING AND TOW TRUCKS; TRANSPORTATION) |
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Accounts receivable, forbearances concerning, interest accrual, when:
HB 1145, SB 5456, ESSB 5456 |
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Adult entertainment establishments, sexually oriented live, admission fee:
HB 1109 |
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Apiaries, registered apiarists operating, immunity from liability:
HB 2640, SHB 2640 |
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Armored car services, serving marijuana businesses, authorizing:
ESHB 2098,
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ESSB 5928, CH 68 (2018) |
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Art activity businesses, retail liquor license, on-premises wine/beer consumption:
HB 2568, SHB 2568 |
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Art instruction businesses, snack bar license issuance for wine and beer sales:
SSB 5165 |
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Asphalt production facilities, regulating:
HB 1028 |
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Biometric identifiers, requirements and prohibitions:
HB 1493,
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ESHB 1493, CH 299 (2017) |
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Building entrances, accessible public, for persons with disabilities:
HB 1263, SHB 1263 |
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Business ecosystems areas and area financing for local public improvements:
SB 6499 |
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Call centers, relocation to other country:
HB 2844 |
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Cannabidiol and cannabinoid products, retailer health safety sign display:
HB 2333 |
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Cannabidiol products, as additive in marijuana products:
HB 2334, SHB 2334,
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E2SHB 2334, CH 132 (2018) |
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Car wash facilities, sales and use tax exemptions for:
HB 1856 |
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Cars, rental agencies, liability for negligent entrustment:
SB 5944, SSB 5944 |
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Cars, rental agencies, sales tax revenue for tourism marketing:
HB 1123, SHB 1123, HB 2924, SB 5251, SSB 5251 |
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Child care, impact of accessibility, child care collaborative task force, convening:
HB 2367,
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SHB 2367, CH 91 (2018) |
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Cigar lounge or tobacconist shop, retail license endorsement for:
HB 1919, SHB 1919 |
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Clubs, private, private label spirits sales by:
HB 1119, HB 1297, HB 2000, SHB 2000, SB 5145, ESSB 5145, SB 5589, SB 5953 |
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Collection agencies, credit card payment transaction fees:
HB 1061, SB 5043, SSB 5043 |
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Colville business council, Mel Tonasket of, recognizing:
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HR 4644 (2017) |
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Commerce & gaming legislative committee, reducing membership of:
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HR 4648 (2017) |
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Consumer reporting agencies, data breaches and security freezes:
SB 6014 |
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Consumer reporting agencies, fee for security freezes, limiting:
HB 2277, HB 2354 |
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Consumer reporting agencies, fee for security freezes, prohibiting:
HB 2384, SHB 2384,
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ESB 6018, CH 54 (2018) |
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Contracting agents, workers providing services via, qualified benefit providers for:
HB 2109 |
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Contracting, with businesses by state, discriminatory disparities in, addressing:
HB 2950 |
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Contracts, business equipment leasing, automatic renewal or extension:
SB 5507 |
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Credit reports, consumer security freezes, requirements and prohibitions:
HB 2277, HB 2354, HB 2384, SHB 2384, SB 6014,
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ESB 6018, CH 54 (2018) |
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Crimes committed by business entities, fines for, when:
HB 2362 |
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Crimes committed by business entities, fines/legal financial obligations for, when:
ESHB 2362 |
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Crimes, businesses to be considered victims for crime victims' rights purposes:
HB 1974 |
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Crowdfunding donations, via fundraising portal, tax exemptions, when:
HB 1695 |
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Currency exchanges, regulation of:
HB 1045, SHB 1045, SB 5031,
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SSB 5031, CH 30 (2017) |
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Economic disruption, intent to cause, special allegation of, when:
SB 5009 |
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Electrolytic processing, electricity sales to, public utility tax exemption, extending:
HB 1466, SHB 1466, SB 5332,
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SB 6007, CH 146 (2018) |
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Employer services/organizations, professional, B&O tax deduction, repealing:
SB 5821 |
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Employment agencies or directories, revising and repealing regulatory provisions:
SB 5045 |
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Equipment, business, contracts for leasing, automatic renewal or extension:
SB 5507 |
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Farmers markets, alcoholic beverage sales at, various:
HB 2419, SHB 2419, SB 6122 |
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Food establishments, college on-campus, student SNAP-benefits EBT card use at:
HB 1569 |
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Food processing facilities, greenhouse gas emission limits exemption for:
HB 2768 |
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Food products businesses, omnibus permit process pilot program, establishing:
HB 2133, SHB 2133 |
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Food products producers, greenhouse gas limits regulatory relief for:
HB 2769 |
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Food storage warehouses, storing alcoholic beverages, licensure exemption:
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HB 2699, CH 96 (2018), SB 6380 |
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Food units, mobile, exemption from commissary/servicing area regulations:
HB 2639,
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SHB 2639, CH 167 (2018) |
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Forest products businesses, omnibus permit process pilot program, establishing:
HB 2133, SHB 2133 |
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Franchisors, not employers of franchisees or franchisee employees:
HB 1881 |
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Goods and services provided, forbearances concerning, interest accrual, when:
HB 1145, SB 5456, ESSB 5456 |
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Grocery stores, new employee training wage and employer training certificates:
HB 2830 |
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Grocery stores, retail liquor license endorsement for beer and wine tastings, when:
SB 5164, SB 5925, SB 5927, SB 6000 |
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Grocery stores, retail liquor license, transition to combination spirits, beer, wine:
HB 1351, SHB 1351,
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E2SHB 1351, CH 96 (2017), SB 5194 |
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Grocery stores, youth internship pilot program:
HB 2275 |
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Investment management services, international, preferential B&O rate, eliminating:
HB 2186, SHB 2186, SB 5929 |
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Licenses, application handling fee, increasing:
HB 1549, SB 5112 |
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Licenses, delinquent renewal penalties, waiving, when:
SB 6527 |
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Licenses, municipal general business licenses, requirements:
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EHB 2005, CH 209 (2017), SB 5777, ESSB 5777 |
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Licensing service, city-DOR partnering for general business licenses:
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EHB 2005, CH 209 (2017), SB 5777, ESSB 5777 |
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Licensing service, information commercial purposes disclosure, prohibiting:
SB 5358,
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SSB 5358, CH 323 (2017) |
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Marijuana odors, task force on, convening:
HB 2845 |
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Marijuana retailers or products, billboards advertising, prohibiting:
HB 2727 |
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Marijuana, all statutes legalizing, repealing:
HB 2096 |
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Marijuana, businesses and entities, siting near tribal reservation, provisions:
HB 1937 |
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Marijuana, businesses, accounting services for, authorizing:
ESHB 2098,
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ESSB 5928, CH 68 (2018) |
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Marijuana, businesses, additional licensing fee:
EHB 1858, 2SHB 2227,
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SB 5130, CH 316 (2017) |
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Marijuana, businesses, armored car services for, authorizing:
ESHB 2098,
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ESSB 5928, CH 68 (2018) |
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Marijuana, businesses, business and nonprofit entity interest holders' residency:
HB 1127, HB 1151, SHB 1151, SB 5102, SSB 5102, SB 5284 |
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Marijuana, businesses, by playground, child care center, or preschool, prohibitions:
HB 2238, HB 2483, SB 6348 |
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Marijuana, businesses, by school bus stop, prohibition:
HB 2483 |
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Marijuana, businesses, contracts between processors, producers, and retailers:
ESHB 2472 |
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Marijuana, businesses, display of marijuana in public view, civil infraction:
HB 1416 |
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Marijuana, businesses, financial institution services for, authorizing:
HB 2098, ESHB 2098, SB 5928,
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ESSB 5928, CH 68 (2018) |
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Marijuana, businesses, general licensing process:
EHB 1857, SB 5131,
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ESSB 5131, CH 317 (2017) |
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Marijuana, businesses, hidden ownership or misrepresentation of fact:
HB 2770 |
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Marijuana, businesses, license applicants, persons or entities considered to be:
HB 2770 |
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Marijuana, businesses, license issuance, regulatory compliance determinations for:
HB 2630 |
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Marijuana, businesses, license issuance, tribal consent for, when:
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ESSB 5131, CH 317 (2017) |
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Marijuana, businesses, licensing agreements and consulting contracts with entities:
HB 1152, SHB 1152, SB 5101,
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ESSB 5131, CH 317 (2017) |
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Marijuana, businesses, liquor enforcement officer powers pertaining to:
SB 5132, SSB 5132 |
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Marijuana, businesses, paying with or accepting virtual currency, prohibiting:
SB 5264 |
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Marijuana, businesses, producer and processor premises, masking odors from:
HB 1911, SHB 1911 |
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Marijuana, businesses, production and processing standards for licensees:
HB 1461,
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ESSB 5131, CH 317 (2017), SB 5323 |
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Marijuana, businesses, retailer contracts with processors:
HB 2472, SB 6171 |
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Marijuana, businesses, revenues from, federal activities impeding, prohibitions:
HB 2124 |
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Marijuana, businesses, robbery of, as special allegation for robbery:
HB 2850, SB 5284 |
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Marijuana, businesses, signage and advertising:
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ESSB 5131, CH 317 (2017), SB 5284, SSB 5284 |
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Marijuana, businesses, siting of, prohibitions:
HB 2238, HB 2483, SB 6348 |
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Marijuana, businesses, siting or operation of retail, processes for prohibiting:
HB 2215, HB 2336, SHB 2336, HB 2484, SB 6291 |
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Marijuana, businesses, siting or operation of, processes for prohibiting:
HB 2336, SHB 2336, HB 2484, SB 6291 |
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Marijuana, businesses, targeting children, youth, and young adults, prohibiting:
SB 5284, SSB 5284 |
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Marijuana, businesses, targeting youth, prohibiting:
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ESSB 5131, CH 317 (2017) |
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Marijuana, businesses, various licensing provisions:
EHB 1857, SB 5131,
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ESSB 5131, CH 317 (2017), SB 5284 |
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Marijuana, excise tax provisions:
HB 1667, SHB 1712, HB 2021, HB 2060, HB 2076, HB 2124, SB 6552 |
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Marijuana, excise tax, Alaskan Way viaduct project cost overruns payment via:
HB 2193 |
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Marijuana, excise taxation, excluding from agricultural products exemption:
HB 2358 |
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Marijuana, facilities, odors or dust from, clean air act exemption, when:
HB 2882 |
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Marijuana, hydrocarbon gas-based marijuana-processing solvent, taxing, when:
HB 1667 |
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Marijuana, illicit production of, drug enforcement task force for controlling, creating:
HB 2972 |
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Marijuana, indoor cultivation of, local government ordinances requiring:
HB 2960 |
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Marijuana, medical use, retailer delivery to patient, endorsement for:
HB 2574 |
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Marijuana, medical use, retailer home delivery, creating system for, studying:
SHB 2574 |
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Marijuana, medical use, tribal retailer deliveries to patients:
HB 2574 |
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Marijuana, processor's facilities, inspection by fire code official, alternatives, when:
HB 1920, SHB 1920 |
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Marijuana, processors, contracts with processors, producers, or retailers:
ESHB 2472 |
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Marijuana, processors, license fee, revising:
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E2SHB 2334, CH 132 (2018) |
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Marijuana, processors, retailer contracts with:
HB 2472, SB 6171 |
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Marijuana, producer, processor, or researcher activities, odors from and visibility of:
HB 2744 |
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Marijuana, producers and processors, license applicants, categories of:
HB 2770 |
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Marijuana, producers and processors, testing of products of:
HB 2227, SHB 2227, 2SHB 2227 |
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Marijuana, producers, contracts with processors, producers, or retailers:
ESHB 2472 |
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Marijuana, producers, license fee, revising:
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E2SHB 2334, CH 132 (2018) |
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Marijuana, producers, sales for cannabis health and beauty aid production:
HB 2033, SB 5698 |
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Marijuana, producers, sales to qualifying patients and providers:
HB 2021, SHB 2021, SB 5606, SB 5933 |
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Marijuana, product testing laboratories, accreditation of:
SHB 2227, 2SHB 2227 |
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Marijuana, production and products, excluding from "agricultural labor":
SHB 1692 |
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Marijuana, production and products, excluding from overtime exemption:
SHB 1692 |
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Marijuana, production and products, nuisance lawsuit protections:
HB 1692, SHB 1692 |
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Marijuana, production or processing facilities, odors from, task force on:
HB 2845 |
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Marijuana, retail licenses, delivery endorsement:
HB 1712, SHB 1712 |
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Marijuana, retail licenses, forfeiture for failing to use by deadline:
HB 1126, SHB 1126,
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ESSB 5131, CH 317 (2017) |
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Marijuana, retail outlets in state and licenses held by licensees, number allowed:
HB 1096 |
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Marijuana, retail outlets, local governments prohibiting within alcohol impact area:
SB 5282 |
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Marijuana, retail outlets, local governments prohibiting, liquor revenue reduction:
HB 1099, SHB 1099 |
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Marijuana, retail outlets, lockable drug box, donating:
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HB 1250, CH 131 (2017) |
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Marijuana, retail outlets, selling marijuana merchandise:
HB 1487, SHB 1487 |
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Marijuana, retail outlets, siting or operation of, processes for prohibiting:
HB 2215, HB 2336, SHB 2336, HB 2484, SB 6291 |
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Marijuana, retail product container, business or trade name and UBI requirements:
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HB 2474, CH 43 (2018), SB 6170 |
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Marijuana, retailers and co-owners, limiting aggregate licenses per business:
HB 1096, HB 1125,
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ESSB 5131, CH 317 (2017) |
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Marijuana, retailers, common ownership of, falsely indicating:
HB 2335, SHB 2335 |
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Marijuana, retailers, contracts with processors, producers, or retailers:
ESHB 2472 |
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Marijuana, retailers, license applicants, persons or entities considered to be:
HB 2770 |
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Marijuana, retailers, license fee, revising:
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E2SHB 2334, CH 132 (2018) |
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Marijuana, retailers, medical licensing, sale, and use provisions:
HB 1098 |
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Marijuana, retailers, private label sales by:
HB 2473, SB 6172 |
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Marijuana, sales of, excluding from B&O tax exemption for agricultural products:
SHB 1692 |
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Marijuana, transfer of immature plants between producers and researchers:
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ESSB 5131, CH 317 (2017), SB 5451 |
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Marketplace facilitators, sales and use tax collection duties of:
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EHB 2163, CH 28 (2017), HB 2186, SHB 2186, SB 5929 |
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Mercantile establishments, retail theft provisions:
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SB 5632, CH 329 (2017), SB 5634, SSB 5634,
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SB 5635, CH 224 (2017) |
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Money transmitters, regulation of:
HB 1045, SHB 1045, SB 5031,
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SSB 5031, CH 30 (2017) |
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Noncompetition agreements, enforceable or unenforceable, when:
EHB 1967, HB 2903, SB 6522, SSB 6522, SB 6526 |
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Noncompetition agreements, restraining hourly employee, void and unenforceable:
SSB 6526 |
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Noncompetition agreements, voiding, when:
HB 2903, SB 5756, SB 6522, SSB 6522, SB 6526, SSB 6526 |
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Office space, commercial, incentivizing development with tax exemptions:
HB 1495, SHB 1495, E2SHB 1495, HB 2813, HB 2981, SB 6302, SB 6418 |
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Pawnbrokers, fees and interest rates, repealing expiration date:
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HB 1071, CH 51 (2017), SB 5157 |
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Permanent cosmetics businesses, licensing and regulation:
HB 2369, SHB 2369 |
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Personal information, sale of, businesses engaged in, registration and reporting, when:
3SHB 1904 |
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Pet stores, retail, selling cat or dog in, requirements:
SB 6623 |
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Private investigator agencies, temporary registration card issuance by, when:
HB 2233 |
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Protection product guarantee providers, requirements for:
HB 2104, EHB 2309, SB 6042 |
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Radio and television broadcasting, B&O tax provisions, modifying:
HB 2001, SHB 2001 |
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Restaurants, diaper changing stations, when:
HB 2758, SHB 2758, SB 6401 |
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Restaurants, flavor-imparting cooking products, extending sales/use tax exemption:
HB 2089, SB 5799, SSB 5799 |
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Restaurants, new employee training wage and employer training certificates:
HB 2830 |
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Restaurants, private label spirits sales by:
HB 1119, HB 1297, HB 2000, SHB 2000, SB 5145, ESSB 5145, SB 5589, SB 5953 |
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Restaurants, sales tax revenue for tourism marketing:
HB 1123, SHB 1123, HB 2924, SB 5251, SSB 5251 |
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Restaurants, youth internship pilot program:
HB 2275 |
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Retailers, private label credit accounts, unpaid balances, sales tax credit or refund:
SB 5910 |
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Salons or shop facilities, booth renters at, financial records requirements:
SB 6561 |
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Schweitzer engineering laboratories, honoring:
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SR 8705 (2018) |
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Secondhand dealers, electronic products, purchasing via automated kiosk:
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HB 1623, CH 169 (2017) |
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Service contract providers, coverage options and net worth or stockholder's equity:
EHB 2309, SB 6042 |
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Sexually oriented live adult entertainment establishments, patron fee:
HB 2353 |
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Signature gatherers, entities that compensate, disclosure requirements:
HB 1537, SHB 1537, SB 5397, ESSB 5397 |
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Signature gathering, electronic petition and signatures option for businesses:
HB 2383 |
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Signatures and messages, electronic, repealing electronic authentication act:
HB 2643, SHB 2643 |
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Small business tax credit account, depositing certain aerospace tax revenue into:
HB 2145, HB 2146 |
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Small businesses, assistance grants in connection with family and medical leave:
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SSB 5975, CH 5 (2017) |
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Small businesses, B&O tax credit and surcharge based on taxpayer's margin:
HB 2940, SHB 2940 |
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Small businesses, equitable B&O taxation of:
HB 2940, SHB 2940 |
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Small businesses, excise tax filing threshold, modifying:
HB 1550, EHB 2350, HB 2351, HB 2672, ESB 5113 |
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Small businesses, impact of agency rules on, regulatory fairness measures:
HB 1120, SHB 1120,
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2SHB 1120, CH 53 (2017) |
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Small businesses, in rural counties, B&O tax credit:
HB 2946 |
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Small businesses, main street program tax credits and program participation of:
HB 1343, HB 2094, SB 5135 |
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Small businesses, retirement marketplace investment options, review of:
HB 1850, HB 1966, SHB 1966, SB 5675,
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SSB 5675, CH 69 (2017) |
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Small businesses, small business tax credit, increasing:
HB 1550, HB 1555, HB 2145, HB 2146, HB 2672, ESB 5113, SB 5127 |
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Small businesses, small business tax credit, repealing:
HB 2186, SHB 2186, HB 2940, SHB 2940, SB 5929 |
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Small businesses, solar energy generation contracting opportunities, studying:
SB 6253, SSB 6253, 2SSB 6253 |
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Small, employer contributions to employee educational expenses, tax credits for:
HB 2730, SHB 2730 |
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Small, rights and protections when agency enforcement action:
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HB 1352, CH 243 (2017), SB 5230 |
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Snack bars, retail liquor license, to include wine sales, requirements:
SB 5165, SSB 5165, SB 6346 |
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Surf pools, regulation of:
HB 2959, SB 6581 |
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Taverns, beer and wine retail license, caterer's endorsement for events:
HB 1902,
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SHB 1902, CH 252 (2017), SB 5927 |
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Taxes, remitting by business of, officer/individual recoverable tax liability for:
HB 2186, SHB 2186, SB 5929 |
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Television and radio broadcasting, B&O tax provisions, modifying:
HB 2001, SHB 2001 |
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Temporary workers, staffing agencies for, employee protections applicable to:
HB 2849 |
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Theaters, beer and wine theater license, removing screens limit for:
HB 2714, SSB 5161, SB 5229, SB 5925, SB 5926, SB 5927 |
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Theaters, long-running productions in, B&O tax credit for, when:
HB 2026 |
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Theaters, spirits, beer, and wine theater license, additional theater, seat limit:
HB 2889, HB 2974, SHB 2974 |
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Theaters, spirits, beer, and wine theater license, removing certain limits:
HB 1165, HB 2210, HB 2714, SB 5161, SSB 5161, SB 5925, SB 5927 |
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Theaters, with IMAX screen projection system, spirits, beer, and wine license for:
HB 2210, HB 2974, SHB 2974 |
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Ticket sellers, resale of tickets by, licensing, regulation, and enforcement:
HB 2921, SHB 2921, SB 6488, SSB 6488 |
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Ticket sellers, web sites of, selling software to interfere with, prohibition:
HB 1584 |
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Time zone and daylight saving time, impact on commerce, reviewing:
SB 6220 |
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Tobacconist shop or cigar lounge, retail license endorsement for:
HB 1919, SHB 1919 |
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Transfers and obligations, incurred by debtor, uniform voidable transactions act:
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SB 5085, CH 57 (2017) |
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Transportation network companies, regulating of:
HB 2716, HB 2945, SB 5620, ESSB 5620, SB 6043, SB 6500 |
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Transportation network companies, regulation of, state preemption:
HB 2945, SB 6500 |
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Transportation network companies, surcharges:
HB 2206, HB 2945, SB 6500 |
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Transportation network companies, taxation of:
HB 2206 |
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Transportation services provider, commercial, as network company:
HB 2716, SB 5620, ESSB 5620, SB 6043 |
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Transportation services, commercial, freight delivery, vehicle insurance:
HB 1073, SB 5026 |
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Transportation services, commercial, unemployment compensation exemption:
HB 1575, SB 5362, SSB 5362 |
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Usury laws, application to certain delinquent property taxes:
HB 1990 |
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Voting systems, manufacturers and distributors of, security breach disclosure:
HB 2388, HB 2406,
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ESHB 2406, CH 218 (2018), SB 6202 |
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Water recreation facilities, regulation of:
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HB 1449, CH 102 (2017) |
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Water recreation facilities, regulation of, modifying to include surf pools:
HB 2959, SB 6581 |