MA S77

Bill

To support partnerships between the cannabis industry and municipalities

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to support partnerships between the cannabis industry and municipalities. Cannabis Policy.

AI Summary

This bill seeks to amend the existing cannabis laws in Massachusetts to support partnerships between the cannabis industry and municipalities. The key provisions include: 1) Requiring host community agreements to be valid for a minimum of 5 years; 2) Requiring the agreement to specify the expiration date, if any; 3) Clarifying that the 3% impact fee applies to each individually licensed cannabis establishment, rather than the total; 4) Allowing the impact fee to be effective after 5 years, but only after the cannabis establishment's gross income exceeds $250,000, and limiting the total fees to no more than 2% of gross income; and 5) Prohibiting any conditions in the host community agreement that would intentionally or unintentionally exclude cannabis establishment owners based on factors such as race, gender, sexuality, disability, or income.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Susan Moran (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see S2660 (on 02/07/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S77

(13 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S77
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S77.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H158	To promote social equity and economic empowerment in the cannabis industry	Accompanied a new draft, see H4440	Similar To
H166	Relative to a social equity training and technical assistance fund	Accompanied a new draft, see H4440	Similar To
H3100	Requiring municipalities to place insurance out to bid	Accompanied a study order, see H4910	Similar To
H4791	Similar Bills	Published as amended, see H4800	Similar To
H4800	Relative to equity in the cannabis industry	H4791, published as amended	Similar To
H562	Insuring adequate minimum school aid	Accompanied a study order, see H5101	Similar To
S1323	To update the public shade tree law	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S148	Authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S1955	Establishing a tax exemption for municipalities paying for gas	Accompanied a study order, see H5248	Similar To
S2025	Encouraging Public/Private Partnerships to Create Affordable Housing at Public Sites	Accompanied a study order, see S2681	Similar To
S2395	Providing for timely reimbursement of cities and towns for veterans’ benefits	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2660	Relative to social equity and host community agreements in the cannabis industry	New draft substituted, see S2801	Replaced by
S632	Relative to medical loss ratio reporting for dental benefits corporations	Accompanied a study order, see S2693	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H158

To promote social equity and economic empowerment in the cannabis industry

Accompanied a new draft, see H4440

Similar To

H166

Relative to a social equity training and technical assistance fund

Accompanied a new draft, see H4440

Similar To

H3100

Requiring municipalities to place insurance out to bid

Accompanied a study order, see H4910

Similar To

H4791

Similar Bills

Published as amended, see H4800

Similar To

H4800

Relative to equity in the cannabis industry

H4791, published as amended

Similar To

H562

Insuring adequate minimum school aid

Accompanied a study order, see H5101

Similar To

S1323

To update the public shade tree law

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S148

Authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S1955

Establishing a tax exemption for municipalities paying for gas

Accompanied a study order, see H5248

Similar To

S2025

Encouraging Public/Private Partnerships to Create Affordable Housing at Public Sites

Accompanied a study order, see S2681

Similar To

S2395

Providing for timely reimbursement of cities and towns for veterans’ benefits

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2660

Relative to social equity and host community agreements in the cannabis industry

New draft substituted, see S2801

Replaced by

S632

Relative to medical loss ratio reporting for dental benefits corporations

Accompanied a study order, see S2693

Similar To

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