HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3430        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3183

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Hannah Kane

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to marijuana potency.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/20/2017

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/3/2017

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

2/2/2017

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

1/31/2017

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/23/2017

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/24/2017

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/25/2017

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/23/2017

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/23/2017

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

2/2/2017

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/2/2017

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

1/26/2017

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/31/2017

James J. Lyons, Jr.

18th Essex

1/25/2017

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/25/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/3/2017

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/2/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/23/2017

David M. Nangle

17th Middlesex

1/30/2017

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

2/3/2017

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/2/2017

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

2/2/2017

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

2/2/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3430        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3183

By Mrs. Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3183) of Hannah Kane and others relative to the effects of marijuana and marijuana products with high potency on the human body.  Marijuana Policy.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to marijuana potency.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 94G of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 14 the following section:-

Section 15. The commissioner of the department of public health shall investigate the effects of marijuana and marijuana products with a high potency of tetrahydrocannabinol on the human body. As part of its investigation, the secretary shall make a recommendation on (i) whether there should be restrictions on the potency of tetrahydrocannabinol in marijuana and marijuana products; and (ii) a recommendation of what that restriction may be.

The commissioner shall file a report of its findings and recommendations with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public health, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on consumer protection and professional licensure and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on marijuana not later than September 1, 2017.