HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 125        FILED ON: 1/9/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 94

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Jacob R. Oliveira

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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 clarifying the definition of agriculture.

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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

 

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

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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”.