Thanks for the reply @mwav3 . I’ve been digging a bit in the forums and from what I can gather, ZWaveJS is adhering to a newer(?) set of standards and so differentiates between states and events. I’m not sure that applies to this lock (which is actually a Kwikset lock btw, it just goes by the brand Weiser in Canada). The model is SMARTCODE10.
I’m going to try triggering my automation on the zwave_js_notification event and see if that gets me anywhere.