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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 780 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 62
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John C. Velis
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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 :John C. VelisHampden and Hampshire 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 780 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 62
By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 62) of John C. Velis for legislation
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 General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
2Section 21, the following section:-
3 Section 22. (a) The commission shall collect, compile, and make available to the public
4on its open data website, from independent testing laboratories as defined in Section 15 the
5following information, but not limited to, (a) the industry average for: (i) failure rates for
6pesticides; (ii) failure rates for heavy metals; (iii) failure rates for microbiological contaminants;
7(iv) failure rates for residual solvents; (v) failure rates for mycotoxins; (vi) moisture content for
8flowers (vii) THC and THCA for flowers; (viii) THC and THCA for vapes; (ix) THC and THCA
9for concentrates; (x) total terpenes for flowers; (xi) total terpenes for concentrates; and (xii) total
10terpenes for vapes; (b) per licensed lab, the average for: (i) failure rates for pesticides; (ii) failure
11rates for heavy metals; (iii) failure rates for microbiological contaminants; (iv) failure rates for
12residual solvents; (v) failure rates for mycotoxins; (vi) moisture content for flowers; (vii) THC
13and THCA for flowers; (viii) THC and THCA for vapes; (ix) THC and THCA for concentrates; 2 of 2
14(x) total terpenes for flowers; (xi) total terpenes for concentrates; and (xii) total terpenes for
15vapes.
16 (b) The open data website shall include all laboratory data listed in subsection(a) that was
17submitted to the commission prior to enactment. The open data website shall be updated and
18published on a quarterly basis detailing information from the preceding quarter.
19 (c) The commission shall investigate and publicly report the reason for the discrepancy
20for individual laboratories that are statistically significant outliers in terms of their testing results.
21 (d) The commission shall promulgate regulations in accordance with this section no later
22than one year after the effective.