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MA H177
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Michael Soter
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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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