1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3088 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 162 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: David M. Rogers _________________ 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 research by independent testing laboratories. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 2 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3088 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 162 By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 162) of David M. Rogers relative to research by independent testing laboratories under the marijuana law. Cannabis Policy. [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 116 OF 2023-2024.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court (2025-2026) _______________ An Act relative to research by independent testing laboratories. 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 of chapter 94G of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, 2is hereby amended by inserting after the words “for which it conducts a test,” the following new 3words:- 4 except that it may have a financial interest in a marijuana establishment licensed by the 5Commission to conduct research. 6 Subsection (a)(5) of section 15 of chapter 94G of the General Laws, as so appearing, is 7hereby amended by inserting after the word “marijuana establishment” the following new 8words:- 2 of 2 9 except that it may have a financial interest in a marijuana establishment licensed by the 10Commission to conduct research