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House roll call #77 · 2017–2018 session · July 19, 2017

To ensure safe access to marijuana

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What they voted on

Accept the final compromise version worked out by House and Senate negotiators

Official wording: H.3818, On acceptance of a report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment of the House Bill to ensure the public health and safety of patient and consumer access to medical and adult use of marijuana in the Commonwealth (House, No. 3776), recommending passage of a Bill to ensure safe access to marijuana (House, No. 3818).

Who filed H.3818

Sponsor NONE

136 Yes11 No12 did not vote

Amendment adopted

Every member's vote

Voted yes (136)
Voted no (11)
Did not vote (12)

What it means

This conference committee bill changes the state's marijuana law that voters passed in 2016. It raises the state excise on retail marijuana from 3.75 per cent to 10.75 per cent and lets cities and towns add a local tax of up to 3 per cent. It creates a 5-member Cannabis Control Commission and a cannabis advisory board, moves medical marijuana rules into a new chapter, adds rules for industrial hemp, and limits advertising unless at least 85 per cent of the audience is expected to be 21 or older. In cities and towns that voted yes on 2016 Question 4, certain local bans or limits on marijuana businesses must go to the voters; other communities face that rule after December 31, 2019.

Source: official text and history of H.3818 on malegislature.gov.

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