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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2428 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3982 |
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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 | | David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf |
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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 recycling cannabis infused beverages. |
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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:David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2428 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3982 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative LeBoeuf of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3982) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf relative to recycling cannabis infused beverages. Cannabis |
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| 20 | 20 | | 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 recycling cannabis infused beverages. |
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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 1. Section 321 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “water”, in line 6, the following |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3words:- , cannabis-infused beverages. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 321 of said chapter 94, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5amended by inserting after the definition of “Bottler” the following definition:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 “Cannabis-infused beverage”, a legally distributable beverage containing cannabinoid or |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7hemp or which has a cannabinoid profile, as those terms are defined in section 1 of chapter 94G. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 SECTION 3. Section 323 of said chapter 94, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9inserting after the word “distributor”, in line 15, the words:- ; provided, that a distributor shall |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10not be required to pay any such handling fee for any cannabis-infused beverage container. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 SECTION 4. Said section 323 of said chapter 94, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12amended by inserting after the word “accepted”, in line 33, the following words:- ; provided, that |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13a redemption center shall accept a cannabis-infused beverage container if it meets all of the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14requirements for a redeemable beverage container. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 SECTION 5. Said section 323 of said chapter 94, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16amended by inserting after the word “container”, in line 38, the words:- ; provided, that a |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17distributor shall not be required to pay any such handling fee for any cannabis-infused beverage |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18container. |
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