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