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MA S75

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

William Brownsberger

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Origin

Senate

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Increases personal marijuana possession limit from 1 ounce to 3 ounces, with caps of 15 grams for concentrates and 1.5 grams of THC for edibles/beverages

  • Establishes ownership limits: no person or entity may control more than 6 marijuana retailers, 3 medical treatment centers, 3 product manufacturers, and 3 cultivators; allows up to 4 additional retailer licenses if majority-owned by social equity, minority, women, or veteran businesses (with 35% maximum ownership stake)

  • Creates 6-year agent registration cards for marijuana establishment employees, with free registration for social equity participants and biennial self-attestation requirements

  • Requires annual review of testing regulations including batch sizes (minimum 40 pounds), pesticide limits, and microbial standards; eliminates environmental media testing requirements for soil and water

  • Mandates public disclosure of testing laboratory data including industry-wide and per-lab failure rates for pesticides, heavy metals, microbiological contaminants, residual solvents, and mycotoxins, with quarterly reporting and investigation of statistical outliers

Legislative Description

To modernize the cannabis regulatory environment

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

12/29/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means12/29/2025
Cannabis Policy2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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