Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H105 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3149 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 105
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Daniel M. Donahue
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to data transparency in the cannabis industry.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel M. Donahue16th Worcester1/19/2023 1 of 3
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3149 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 105
18	18	By Representative Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 105) of
19	19	Daniel M. Donahue relative to data transparency in the cannabis industry. Cannabis Policy.
20	20	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
21	21	_______________
22	22	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
23	23	(2023-2024)
24	24	_______________
25	25	An Act relative to data transparency in the cannabis industry.
26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
27	27	of the same, as follows:
28	28	1 SECTION 1. Chapter 94G of the Massachusetts General Laws shall be amended by
29	29	2adding after Section 21, the following section:
30	30	3 Section 22.
31	31	4 (a)The Commission shall collect, compile, and make available to the public on its
32	32	5Open Data Platform, the following data from independent testing laboratories as defined in
33	33	6Section 15 of this Chapter:
34	34	7 Industry average for,
35	35	8 a. Failure rates for Pesticides
36	36	9 b. Failure rates for Heavy metals
37	37	10 c. Failure rates for Microbiological contaminants
38	38	11 d. Failure rates for Residual solvents 2 of 3
39	39	12 e. Failure rates for Mycotoxins
40	40	13 f. Moisture content for flower
41	41	14 g. THC + THCA for flower
42	42	15 h. THC + THCA for Marijuana Vaporizer Devices
43	43	16 i. THC + THCA for concentrates
44	44	17 j. Total terpenes for flower
45	45	18 k. Total terpenes for concentrates
46	46	19 l. Total terpenes for Marijuana Vaporizer Devices
47	47	20 Per licensed Independent Testing Laboratory, their average for
48	48	21 a. Failure rates for Pesticides
49	49	22 b. Failure rates for Heavy metals
50	50	23 c. Failure rates for Microbiological contaminants
51	51	24 d. Failure rates for Residual solvents
52	52	25 e. Failure rates for Mycotoxins
53	53	26 f. Moisture content for flower
54	54	27 g. THC + THCA for flower
55	55	28 h. THC + THCA for Marijuana Vaporizer Devices 3 of 3
56	56	29 i. THC + THCA for concentrates
57	57	30 j. Total terpenes for flower
58	58	31 k. Total terpenes for concentrates
59	59	32 l. Total terpenes for Marijuana Vaporizer Devices
60	60	33 (b)The initial data report shall include all prior Independent Testing Laboratory data
61	61	34submitted to the Commission. The initial report shall be published per Independent Testing
62	62	35Laboratory per quarter inclusive of reports. Subsequent data reports shall be updated and
63	63	36published on a quarterly basis detailing information from the preceding quarter.
64	64	37 (c)The Commission shall investigate and publicly report the reason for the
65	65	38discrepancy for individual Independent Testing Laboratories that are statistically significant
66	66	39outliers in terms of their testing results.
67	67	40 (d)The Commission shall promulgate regulations in accordance with this section no
68	68	41later than one year after the effective date of this act.