{"AmendmentNumber":"31","ParentBillNumber":"S2722","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2025-11-17T13:21:39.053"},"Category":null,"Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Relative to the Competitiveness of the Massachusetts Marijuana Industry","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Messrs. Tarr and Eldridge move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting at the end the following section:-\"SECTION X. The cannabis control commission, in collaboration with the Isenberg School of Business at the University of Massachusetts, shall study, investigate, and analyze the current state and competitiveness of the cannabis industry in the commonwealth, and the impacts of factors including but not limited to, rates of taxation, particularly in the context of neighboring states, the relative size and strength of the market for, and distribution channels of, illegal cannabis products and their unlicensed sale and their impacts, access to capital for the creation and maintenance of legal business ventures in the commonwealth for the production, distribution, and retail sale of cannabis products, positive and negative factors impacting the state's cannabis industry, the number and type of currently authorized cannabis products in the state and their relative benefits and liabilities, job creation and maintenance, the impacts of federal policy, and other relevant factors relative to the competitiveness, sustainability, and economic impacts of said industry.\r\nSuch findings, together with statutory, regulatory, and administrative policy recommendations to address them, shall be included in a comprehensive report filed with the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, the Senate and House Committees on Ways and Means, the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, and the clerks of the House and Senate not later than December 1, 2026.\"\r\n"}