State legislation has begun looking at a bill which would allow up to five marijuana retailers to deliver their products to local customers.

House Bill 2368 (HB 2368) is a new bill that would form a two-year pilot program for five marijuana retailers licensed under initiative 502.

This bill is being sponsored by Democrat Representative Christopher Hurst, who is also sponsoring House Bill 2347 to reduce state excise tax on marijuana from 37 percent to 25 percent. The bill is also being sponsored by Republican Representative Cary Condotta.

Since this bill could be passed as a pilot, cities that’s have a population of 650,000 or more would qualify for the legal marijuana delivery service under HB 2368.

As reported by King 5 News, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is in full support of HB 2368 along with City Attorney Pete Homes.

Currently, marijuana delivery services are available in Seattle, although they operate in a grey area of the I-502 state law.

With a quick Google search, text message, age verification and cash payment, anyone can have one of the near 20 black market marijuana delivery services bring them up to the legal limit of weed, oils and edibles straight to their door.

Homes has advised Seattle’s black market marijuana delivery services to stop their operations immediately, not just operate underground, before legal actions begin taking place. Taking down these services could be the cities next priority.

While Washington has only licensed 19 marijuana retailers in Seattle, there are nearly 20 illegal delivery services for the area.

Though they have been advised to stop operations, many services such as Raccoons Club 21+ are still operating at the risk of being shut down.

Raccoons Club has been active on Twitter, posting “We are OPEN!” multiple times throughout the day.
As of Feb. 12, HB 2368 has been sent to the floor of the state senates and will be scheduled for a second reading.