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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 780 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 62 |
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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 | | John C. Velis |
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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 relative to data transparency in the cannabis industry. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :John C. VelisHampden and Hampshire 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 780 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 62 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 62) of John C. Velis for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to data transparency in the cannabis industry. Cannabis Policy. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to data transparency in the cannabis industry. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 94G of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Section 21, the following section:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 Section 22. (a) The commission shall collect, compile, and make available to the public |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4on its open data website, from independent testing laboratories as defined in Section 15 the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5following information, but not limited to, (a) the industry average for: (i) failure rates for |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6pesticides; (ii) failure rates for heavy metals; (iii) failure rates for microbiological contaminants; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7(iv) failure rates for residual solvents; (v) failure rates for mycotoxins; (vi) moisture content for |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8flowers (vii) THC and THCA for flowers; (viii) THC and THCA for vapes; (ix) THC and THCA |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9for concentrates; (x) total terpenes for flowers; (xi) total terpenes for concentrates; and (xii) total |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10terpenes for vapes; (b) per licensed lab, the average for: (i) failure rates for pesticides; (ii) failure |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11rates for heavy metals; (iii) failure rates for microbiological contaminants; (iv) failure rates for |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12residual solvents; (v) failure rates for mycotoxins; (vi) moisture content for flowers; (vii) THC |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13and THCA for flowers; (viii) THC and THCA for vapes; (ix) THC and THCA for concentrates; 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14(x) total terpenes for flowers; (xi) total terpenes for concentrates; and (xii) total terpenes for |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15vapes. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16 (b) The open data website shall include all laboratory data listed in subsection(a) that was |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17submitted to the commission prior to enactment. The open data website shall be updated and |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18published on a quarterly basis detailing information from the preceding quarter. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19 (c) The commission shall investigate and publicly report the reason for the discrepancy |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20for individual laboratories that are statistically significant outliers in terms of their testing results. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 21 (d) The commission shall promulgate regulations in accordance with this section no later |
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| 49 | 49 | | 22than one year after the effective. |
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