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To ensure safe access to marijuana
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What they voted on
Final approval before the bill goes to the Governor
Official wording: H.3818, Question on passing the bill to be enacted (majority)
Who filed H.3818
Sponsor NONE
Passed
Every member's vote
Voted yes (32)
- Michael J. Barrett Third Middlesex · Democrat
- Joseph A. Boncore First Suffolk and Middlesex · Democrat
- Michael D. Brady Second Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- William N. Brownsberger Second Suffolk and Middlesex · Democrat
- Harriette L. Chandler First Worcester · Democrat
- Sonia Chang-Diaz Second Suffolk · Democrat
- Cynthia Stone Creem First Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Julian Cyr Cape and Islands · Democrat
- Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk · Democrat
- Eileen M. Donoghue First Middlesex · Democrat
- James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester · Democrat
- Jennifer L. Flanagan Worcester and Middlesex · Democrat
- Linda Dorcena Forry First Suffolk · Democrat
- Anne M. Gobi Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex · Democrat
- Adam G. Hinds Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden · Democrat
- Kathleen O'Connor Ives First Essex · Democrat
- Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex · Democrat
- Barbara A. L'Italien Second Essex and Middlesex · Democrat
- Eric P. Lesser First Hampden and Hampshire · Democrat
- Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex · Democrat
- Joan B. Lovely Second Essex · Democrat
- Thomas M. McGee Third Essex · Democrat
- Mark C. Montigny Second Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Michael O. Moore Second Worcester · Democrat
- Marc R. Pacheco First Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- Michael J. Rodrigues First Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Stanley C. Rosenberg Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester · Democrat
- Richard J. Ross Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex · Republican
- Michael F. Rush Norfolk and Suffolk · Democrat
- Karen E. Spilka Second Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Walter F. Timilty Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- James T. Welch Hampden · Democrat
Voted no (6)
- Viriato M. deMacedo Plymouth and Barnstable · Republican
- Ryan C. Fattman Worcester and Norfolk · Republican
- Donald F. Humason, Jr. Second Hampden and Hampshire · Republican
- John F. Keenan Norfolk and Plymouth · Democrat
- Patrick M. O'Connor Plymouth and Norfolk · Republican
- Bruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex · Republican
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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