HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 125 FILED ON: 1/9/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 94
|
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_________________
PRESENTED BY:
Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Jacob R. Oliveira
_________________
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 clarifying the definition of agriculture.
_______________
PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 1/9/2023 |
Jacob R. Oliveira | Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester | 1/9/2023 |
Margaret R. Scarsdale | 1st Middlesex | 1/26/2023 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 125 FILED ON: 1/9/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 94
By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton and Senator Oliveira, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 94) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa, Jacob R. Oliveira and Margaret R. Scarsdale for legislation to include the growing and cultivation of both hemp and marijuana in the definition of agriculture. Agriculture. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
_______________
An Act clarifying the definition of agriculture.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
The first paragraph of MGL 128 Section 1a shall be amended to include the phrase “the growing and cultivation of both hemp and marijuana,” after the phrase “floricultural or horticultural commodities”.