{"AmendmentNumber":"34","ParentBillNumber":"S2722","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2025-11-17T13:25:44.577"},"Category":null,"Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Multi-agency illegal cannabis task force","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Tarr moves that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section _ the following section:-\r\n\"SECTION_. Chapter 64N of the general laws as appearing in the 2024 official edition is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-Section _. (a) There shall be a multi-agency illegal tobacco task force. to prevent, investigate, and enforce laws relating to the illicit cultivation, distribution, and sale of cannabis and cannabis products in the commonwealth, including violations of chapter 64N and other applicable laws. The task force shall be co-chaired by the colonel of state police or a designee and the commissioner of revenue or a designee and shall also consist of: the secretary of public safety and security or a designee; the state treasurer or a designee; the attorney general or a designee; the commissioner of public health or a designee, and the chair of the cannabis control commission.\r\n\r\n(b) The task force shall coordinate multi-agency efforts to:\r\n(1) investigate and prosecute violations involving illegal cannabis cultivation, distribution, and sales;\r\n(2) identify and dismantle organized networks engaged in illicit cannabis activity;\r\n(3) ensure proper collection of taxes and fees under chapter 64N;\r\n(4) protect consumers and communities from unsafe, unregulated cannabis products;\r\n(5) collaborate with federal, state, and local law enforcement and regulatory bodies.\r\n(c) The task force shall meet at least quarterly and may establish working groups, meetings, forums or any other activity deemed to carry out its mandate\r\n(d)  The task force shall file an annual report on the results of its findings, activities and recommendations from the preceding year with the  clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the chairs of the joint committee on cannabis policy, the joint committee on revenue, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a description of the task force's efforts and activities during the year; (ii) identification of any administrative or legal barriers, including any barriers to multi-agency action or enforcement efforts; and (iii) proposed legislative or regulatory changes necessary to strengthen operations and enforcement efforts and reduce or eliminate any impediments to those efforts.\r\n(e) The commissioner of revenue shall provide administrative support to the task force. All agencies represented on the task force shall cooperate and share information to the fullest extent permitted by law.\r\n"}