MA H3776

Bill

To ensure the public health and safety of patient and consumer access to medical and adult use of marijuana in the Commonwealth

Introduced
06/21/2017

In Committee

Crossed Over
06/22/2017

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

House, No. 3768, as changed by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading and as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. June 21, 2017.

AI Summary

This bill: Establishes the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission to regulate and oversee the medical and adult use of marijuana in the Commonwealth. The commission will be responsible for issuing licenses, establishing standards, and enforcing regulations for cannabis establishments, including cultivators, product manufacturers, and retailers. The bill also creates an investigations and enforcement bureau within the commission to investigate violations and take enforcement action. The bill imposes excise taxes on adult use cannabis sales and provides for the transfer of the state's existing medical marijuana program from the Department of Public Health to the commission. The bill also allows for the personal use of marijuana by adults 21 and over, sets guidelines for municipalities to regulate cannabis establishments, and requires the commission to develop public awareness campaigns and conduct research on the social and economic impacts of marijuana in the Commonwealth.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Last Action

Reported by H3818 (on 07/17/2017)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3776

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3776
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3776.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H3740	Relative to language opportunity for our kids	Reported by H4032	Similar To
H3768	To ensure the public health and safety of patient and consumer access to medical and adult use of marijuana in the Commonwealth	Published as amended, see H3776	Replaces
H3800	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 for the maintenance of the departments, boards commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Item 8910-0108 passed over veto - see Roll Call #298 [YEAS 32 to NAYS 6]	Similar To
H3818	To ensure safe access to marijuana	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2017	Replaces
H3819	Requiring certain electronic toll collection fee notifications by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation	No further action taken	Similar To
S10	Proposal for an initiative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars	Amendment again agreed to -- see Senate Roll Call #47 [YEAS 29 - NAYS 7] see House Roll Call #67 [YEAS 105 - NAYS 48]	Similar To
S18	Senate Rules of the Senate for 2017-2018	Report accepted, as amended	Similar To
S19	Joint Rules governing the 2017-2018 legislative sessions	See H2019	Similar To
S2076	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements	See H3601	Similar To
S2090	Text of the Senate amendment (Senator Jehlen) to the House Bill to ensure the public health and safety of patient and consumer access to medical and adult use of marijuana in the Commonwealth	See H3776	Replaced by
S2097	Text of the Senate amendment (Senator Jehlen) to the House Bill to ensure the public health and safety of patient and consumer access to medical and adult use of marijuana in the Commonwealth	See H3776	Replaced by
S2103	To prevent driver distraction and motor vehicle fatalities	No further action taken	Similar To
S2104	Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act (House, No. 3680, amended)	See H3680	Similar To
S2128	Relative to healthy youth	No further action taken	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H3740

Relative to language opportunity for our kids

Reported by H4032

Similar To

H3768

To ensure the public health and safety of patient and consumer access to medical and adult use of marijuana in the Commonwealth

Published as amended, see H3776

Replaces

H3800

Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 for the maintenance of the departments, boards commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements

Item 8910-0108 passed over veto - see Roll Call #298 [YEAS 32 to NAYS 6]

Similar To

H3818

To ensure safe access to marijuana

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2017

Replaces

H3819

Requiring certain electronic toll collection fee notifications by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation

No further action taken

Similar To

S10

Proposal for an initiative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars

Amendment again agreed to -- see Senate Roll Call #47 [YEAS 29 - NAYS 7] see House Roll Call #67 [YEAS 105 - NAYS 48]

Similar To

S18

Senate Rules of the Senate for 2017-2018

Report accepted, as amended

Similar To

S19

Joint Rules governing the 2017-2018 legislative sessions

See H2019

Similar To

S2076

Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

See H3601

Similar To

S2090

Text of the Senate amendment (Senator Jehlen) to the House Bill to ensure the public health and safety of patient and consumer access to medical and adult use of marijuana in the Commonwealth

See H3776

Replaced by

S2097

Text of the Senate amendment (Senator Jehlen) to the House Bill to ensure the public health and safety of patient and consumer access to medical and adult use of marijuana in the Commonwealth

See H3776

Replaced by

S2103

To prevent driver distraction and motor vehicle fatalities

No further action taken

Similar To

S2104

Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act (House, No. 3680, amended)

See H3680

Similar To

S2128

Relative to healthy youth

No further action taken

Similar To

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