{"AmendmentNumber":"55","ParentBillNumber":"S2722","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2025-11-17T14:16:02.493"},"Category":null,"Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Supply and Demand Study and New License Moratorium","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Messrs. Tarr and Montigny move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting at the end the following section:- \"SECTION X. Chapter 94G, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following section:- \r\nSection 23. (a)  The Cannabis Control Commission shall conduct or retain an outside expert in economic analysis to conduct and publish a study on supply and demand in the cannabis market, including the legally licensed businesses and the existing black market. The study shall review the current cannabis canopy supply for patients and consumers; project future trends in consumption; provide an in-depth look at the price per pound as a market driver for consumers; and analyze the adequacy of the commission’s regulations on cultivation tiers. The study will offer projections for the appropriate number of licenses to enter the market per year given demand projections. Not later than January 1, 2027, the commission shall submit its report and any recommendations for legislation to the clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Joint Committee on cannabis policy.\r\n(b) Notwithstanding section 4(a)(x) and section 5 of this chapter, or any other general or special law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, from the effective date of this section until 180 days after the publication of the report to the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy of the General Court pursuant to subsection (b), the commission shall not issue any marijuana retailer, marijuana cultivator or marijuana product manufacturer licenses to any person or entity unless such person or entity has submitted a marijuana establishment license application that has been deemed complete by the commission prior to the effective date of this section or unless such person is a participant in the social equity or economic empowerment program established by section 22 of this chapter or has a Host Community Agreement pending review of the commission.”\r\n"}