HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3430 FILED ON: 1/20/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3183
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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.