A Bill to Decriminalize Growing Pot at Home Just Died, but Its Sponsor Isn’t Giving up Yet

Matt Baume | Mar 18, 2021

The state of Washington will continue to sniff around your garden for at least another year, now that a proposal to decriminalize growing up to six cannabis plants at home has died.

House Bill 1019 seemed like an easy slam-dunk — virtually every other state that has legalized pot has also allowed people to grow small amounts of weed — but it looks like the bill has fizzled in a committee for the year with no vote scheduled.

“I think it is fair to say that we were all caught of guard by the lack of a vote,” says John Kingsbury, who has been trying for years to get the state to relax penalties for growing your own plants.

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