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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 229 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 157 |
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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 | | Patrick Joseph Kearney |
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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 prohibiting billboard advertisements of non-prescription marijuana. |
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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:Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/7/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 229 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 157 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 157) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to prohibiting billboard advertisements of non-prescription |
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| 20 | 20 | | marijuana. Cannabis Policy. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 113 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to prohibiting billboard advertisements of non-prescription marijuana. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 4 of chapter 94G of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking in line 231 after the word "misleading;" the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3following:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 "(2) a prohibition on advertising, marketing and branding by means of television, radio, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5internet, billboard or print publication unless at least 85 per cent of the audience is reasonably |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6expected to be 21 years of age or older, as determined by reliable, up-to-date audience |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7composition data" |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 and inserting in place thereof the following:- ";(2a) a prohibition on advertising, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9marketing and branding by means of billboards; (2b) a prohibition on advertising, marketing, and 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10branding by means of television, radio, internet, or print publication unless at least 85 per cent of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11the audience is reasonably expected to be 21 years of age or older, as determined by reliable, up- |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12to-date audience composition data" |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 SECTION 2. Said section 4 of said chapter 94G of the General Laws, as appearing in the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 142020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking in line 258 after the word "unless" the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15following:- "at least 85 per cent of the audience is reasonably expected to be 21 years of age or |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16older, as determined by reliable, up-to-date audience composition data" and inserting in place |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17thereof the following:- "entry is restricted to those 21 years of age or older." |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18 SECTION 3. Said section 4 of said chapter 94G of the General Laws, as appearing in the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 192020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 265 after the word "a" the word |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20"conspicuous." |
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