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MA H177

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Michael Soter

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Municipalities prohibited from requiring host community agreements (HCAs) as a condition for licensing, operating, or approving cannabis retail establishments
  • Establishes a 1% local transaction fee on all retail sales of adult-use cannabis and cannabis products, collected in addition to existing state and local sales taxes
  • Retailers must collect the fee at point of sale and remit to the Department of Revenue, which distributes funds to the municipality where the sale occurred
  • Medical marijuana transactions are exempt from the 1% local transaction fee
  • Department of Revenue required to issue regulations on fee collection and distribution within 90 days of the act's effective date

Legislative Description

Establishing a local transaction fee on cannabis sales

Last Action

Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

6/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Cannabis Policy2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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