Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Cannabis Policy

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Hearing 1

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by June 8, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy page: https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J50/Hearings.

At the discretion of the Chairs, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

Written testimony can be submitted via email at meriah.metzger@mahouse.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair:

Chairman Daniel M. Donahue

Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy

ATTN: Meriah Metzger

24 BEACON ST ROOM 544

BOSTON MA 02133

In-person oral testimony and remote testimony sign-up via email to Meriah Metzger at meriah.metzger@mahouse.gov

For in-person and remote testimony please include:

Name;

Organization you represent;

Whether on behalf of yourself or an organization;

Mailing address;

Email address;

Telephone number;

In-person or remote testimony;

Bills testifying on;

Whether support or oppose.

For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing.

This hearing will be chaired by Chair Donahue. If you have any questions regarding the hearing, legislation, format of the hearing or reasonable accommodations required to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process, please email: Liza Rosenof at Liza.Rosenof@MAHouse.gov. Chairman Donahue’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2637.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy 4-9-2025	4/9/2025 10:30 AM	04:44:17

Hearing 1 10:30am - 3:30pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.158	An Act for cannabis market modernization	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.148	An Act to create efficiencies in the cannabis employment process	Manny Cruz
H.171	An Act to modernize the cannabis regulatory environment	Dawne Shand
H.149	An Act related to cannabis retail licensees	Mark J. Cusack
H.174	An Act relative to raising the standalone cap for marijuana establishments	Michael J. Soter
H.160	An Act to promote equity joint venture partnerships	Samantha Montaño
H.169	An Act to study supply and demand for cannabis cultivation	Dawne Shand
H.163	An Act to Modernize the Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Program	David M. Rogers
H.183	An Act to increase the cannabis purchase and possession limits	Chynah Tyler
H.182	An Act to create cannabis career pathways to incarcerated individuals	Chynah Tyler
H.194	An Act relative to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission forming a department of workplace and consumer safety	Susannah M. Whipps
S.99	An Act for cannabis market modernization	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.80	An Act to create efficiencies in the cannabis employment process	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.75	An Act to modernize the cannabis regulatory environment	William N. Brownsberger
S.91	An Act establishing a temporary moratorium on the issuance of certain marijuana license types	Michael O. Moore
S.78	An Act relative to economic opportunities in the cannabis industry	James B. Eldridge
S.100	An Act to study supply and demand for cannabis cultivation	Pavel M. Payano
S.83	An Act to modernize Massachusetts medical marijuana program	Adam Gómez
S.84	An Act to create Cannabis career pathways for justice-involved individuals	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.88	An Act protecting cannabis equity businesses by enforcing ownership limits	Liz Miranda
S.90	An Act establishing an internal special audit unit within the Cannabis Control Commission	Michael O. Moore

	Document
	H148
	H149
	H158
	H160
	H163
	H169
	H171
	H174
	H182
	H183
	H194

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Cannabis Policy

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