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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel M. Donahue

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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 data transparency in the cannabis industry.

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PETITION OF:

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to data transparency in the cannabis industry.

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 Massachusetts General Laws shall be amended by adding after Section 21, the following section:

Section 22. 

(a)The Commission shall collect, compile, and make available to the public on its Open Data Platform, the following data from independent testing laboratories as defined in Section 15 of this Chapter:

Industry average for,

a.      Failure rates for Pesticides

b.      Failure rates for Heavy metals

c.       Failure rates for Microbiological contaminants

d.      Failure rates for Residual solvents

e.       Failure rates for Mycotoxins

f.        Moisture content for flower

g.      THC + THCA for flower

h.      THC + THCA for Marijuana Vaporizer Devices

i.       THC + THCA for concentrates

j.       Total terpenes for flower

k.      Total terpenes for concentrates

l.       Total terpenes for Marijuana Vaporizer Devices

Per licensed Independent Testing Laboratory, their average for

a.        Failure rates for Pesticides

b.       Failure rates for Heavy metals

c.       Failure rates for Microbiological contaminants

d.       Failure rates for Residual solvents

e.       Failure rates for Mycotoxins

f.        Moisture content for flower

g.       THC + THCA for flower

h.       THC + THCA for Marijuana Vaporizer Devices

i.         THC + THCA for concentrates

j.         Total terpenes for flower

k.       Total terpenes for concentrates

l.         Total terpenes for Marijuana Vaporizer Devices

(b)The initial data report shall include all prior Independent Testing Laboratory data submitted to the Commission.  The initial report shall be published per Independent Testing Laboratory per quarter inclusive of reports.  Subsequent data reports shall be updated and published on a quarterly basis detailing information from the preceding quarter.

(c)The Commission shall investigate and publicly report the reason for the discrepancy for individual Independent Testing Laboratories that are statistically significant outliers in terms of their testing results.

(d)The Commission shall promulgate regulations in accordance with this section no later than one year after the effective date of this act.