The Legislature on Saturday passed a measure that makes several changes to Washington state’s new recreational-marijuana law, ranging from revising the market’s tax structure to zoning rules.

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State Sens. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond, Pacific County, and Ann Rivers, R-La Center, Clark County, are pushing a bill that would replace the state’s three-tier tax system with a single marijuana tax, paid by the consumer.

Initially, the tax would be 37 percent of the selling price, but would scale down to 30 percent in July 2017 and 25 percent in 2019. Sales tax also would be collected.

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