Background​

Confidence Analytics, a testing laboratory in Washington State, submits monthly Public Records requests for the complete CCRS database. Since approximately April 20, 2025, we have observed a significant decline in system performance. This decline has affected integrators and licensees across their operations, particularly in terms of CSV upload and response times. The performance degradation is evident in the database, with over 75% of its data missing in the last 60 days, and the situation is worsening. Current response times have now reached an average of 26 days.

On August 25, 2025, Confidence Analytics hosted a meeting for WCIA participants. The objective of this meeting was to collaboratively assess the current state of the CCRS traceability system and explore potential strategies for enhancing system stability and interoperability.

Background​

RCW 16-309-280: Reports.​

RCW 16-309-280 is a set of rules and requirements related to the reporting of laboratory results. Some elements of these rules are pointed toward the validation of laboratory results by way of laboratory procedures and documentation, and subsection 6 places requirements on the certificates of analysis. These requirements are scheduled for implementation on January 1, 2025. Within subsection 6 are several requirements to be considered for addition to WCIA json schemas to facilitate interoperability.

Background​

Since 2016 when the Washington State Legislature passed Senate Bill 5052 establishing a cannabis patient protection act, retail stores have offered products designated as recreational, or medical. Additionally, state law has allowed consumers with a qualifying condition to register with the State’s Medical Cannabis Authorization Database (MCAD). This has allowed medically endorsed stores to deduct the Sales and Use Tax from the price of products when sold to such registered consumers, regardless of whether or not those products are designated as recreational or medical. The difference that distinguishes medical product from recreational is the additional requirement of passing a heavy metals test, and has no bearing on the Sales and Use Tax deduction.

Release v2.1.0 Go/NoGo Meeting: Not scheduled.

Next Release (v2.1.0) Date: Not scheduled.

V2.1.0 Schema Changes to be Implemented:​

• Version Minor Increment
  • Schema(s) Affected: Transfer Data Schema, and Lab Result Schema
    • The changes to the schemas are backward compatible, resulting in a minor version increment:
      • "document_schema_version": "v2.1.0"

Release v1.3.0 Go/NoGo Meeting: February 25, 2022, @2p.

Next Release (v1.3.0) Date: February 28, 2022.

V1.3.0 Schema Changes to be Implemented 2022-02-28:​

• Version Minor Increment
  • Schema(s) Affected: Transfer Data Schema, and Lab Result Schema
    • The changes to the schemas are backward compatible, resulting in a minor version increment:
      • "Document_schema_version": "v1.3.0"

• Next Technical Committee Meeting: February 11, 2022, @2p.
• Release v1.3.0 Go/NoGo Meeting: February 25, 2022, @2p.
• Next Release (v1.3.0) Date: February 28, 2022.

Items For Discussion​

During the most recent Technical Committee meeting, two proposals were put forward for discussion and consideration by the general membership.

Resolutions​

Schema Version Control​

In order to track changes in a controlled way, it was resolved to utilize the schema versioning currently maintained at the following links:

• WCIA Transfer Data Schema
• WCIA Lab Result Schema

Pull requests are accepted from technical committee participants.