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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 532 FILED ON: 1/9/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 165 |
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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 | | Lindsay N. Sabadosa |
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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 supporting sustainability 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 :DATE ADDED:Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/9/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 532 FILED ON: 1/9/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 165 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 165) |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative sustainable practices and reduce the use of natural materials in |
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| 20 | 20 | | the cannabis industry. Cannabis Policy. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to supporting sustainability in the cannabis industry. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Section 4 of Chapter 94G of the General Laws is amended by inserting, at the end of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2section, the following subsection: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 (m) The commission shall convene a sustainability working group and will meet with |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4representatives from the cannabis industry in the commonwealth to discuss measures that will |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5increase sustainable practices and reduce the use of natural materials in the cannabis industry. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6The working group will address issues including, but not limited to: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 (i) how cannabis cultivators, wholesalers, and the commonwealth may cooperate on a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8system of recollecting, sanitizing, and reusing returned packages for consumer use |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 (ii) the development of a manual of best practices that the CCC will issue to standardize |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10regulations and recommendations around the legal disposal of marijuana waste and recollection |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11of packages 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 (iii) the development of a recollection and reuse program for radio frequency |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13identification tags used for seed-to-sale tracking. |
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