MA H151

Bill

Relative to host community agreements

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to host community agreements. Cannabis Policy.

AI Summary

This bill amends the existing Massachusetts law on cannabis policy to address host community agreements. The key provisions are: 1. Marijuana establishments or medical marijuana treatment centers seeking to operate in a municipality must execute an agreement with the host community, which can include a community impact fee of up to 3% of the establishment's gross sales, but only for a maximum of 5 years. Any other contractual financial obligations are unenforceable, though the establishment can still make voluntary in-kind or charitable contributions. 2. The Cannabis Control Commission is given the authority to review, regulate, and enforce all host community agreements. 3. The Commission is required to adopt regulations for the requirements and procedures of host community agreements, including criteria for calculating community impact fees, consistent with the statutory provisions. Overall, the bill aims to standardize and regulate the terms of host community agreements between municipalities and cannabis establishments in Massachusetts.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (4)

Danielle Gregoire (D)*, Rich Haggerty (D), Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D), Sarah Peake (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4440 (on 02/09/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H151

(12 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H151
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H151.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1395	Enabling municipal housing agencies to enter enforceable deed restriction agreements with small property owners in good standing as part of zoning variance approval	Accompanied a study order, see H5276	Similar To
H174	Relative to host community agreements	Accompanied a new draft, see H4440	Similar To
H1967	Relative to non-disclosure agreements relating to a claim of discrimination, non-payment of wages or benefits, retaliation, harassment or violation of public policy in employment	Accompanied a study order, see H5023	Similar To
H2051	Relative to physician assistant non-competes	No further action taken	Similar To
H4440	Relative to social equity and host community agreements in the cannabis industry	No further action taken	Replaced by
H697	Relative to regional vocational school agreements	Accompanied a study order, see H5136	Similar To
S1209	Relative to banning noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2691	Similar To
S124	Relative to supported decision-making agreements for certain adults with disabilities	Accompanied a new draft, see S2848	Similar To
S1250	Relative to clarifying legislative intent regarding the non-competition law	Accompanied a study order, see S2691	Similar To
S2047	Prohibiting taxpayer-funded nondisclosure agreements	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S626	Relative to reinsurance model law update	Accompanied a study order, see S2700	Similar To
S68	Encouraging transparency in host community agreements	Accompanied a new draft, see S2660	Similar To

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