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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3852 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 123 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Chynah Tyler |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to create cannabis career pathways to incarcerated individuals. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Chynah Tyler7th Suffolk1/20/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/14/2023Jon Santiago9th Suffolk2/14/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3852 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 123 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 123) of Chynah |
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| 19 | 19 | | Tyler, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Jon Santiago that the Cannabis Control Commission conduct a |
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| 20 | 20 | | study on programs and partnerships to encourage the employment of formerly incarcerated |
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| 21 | 21 | | individuals in the cannabis industry. Cannabis Policy. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act to create cannabis career pathways to incarcerated individuals. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. (a) The cannabis control commission, in consultation with the department |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2of corrections, the university of massachsuetts, and the executive office of housing and ecnomoic |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3development shall, shall (i) conduct a study on programs and partnerships to encourage the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4employment of formerly incarcerated individuals in the cannabis industry, including trainings |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5and educational programs conductred within houses of correction, jails, priosons, and after |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6release. and report the findins of that study no later than Dec. 31, 2024 and (ii) develop a pilot |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7program to create career pathways in the cannabis industry for incarcerated and formerly |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8incarcerated individuals.no later than Dec. 31, 2025. |
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