An Act modernizing the commonwealth’s cannabis laws

Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means · 14 cosponsors · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page

H4187 · Bill

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

Date	Branch	Action
2025-06-04	House	Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-06-04	House	Pending new draft of H4160
2025-06-04	House	New draft of H4160
2025-06-04	House	Ordered to a third reading
2025-06-04	House	Rules suspended
2025-06-04	House	Read third
2025-06-04	House	Amendment 29 adopted - 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 53)
2025-06-04	House	Amendment 36 adopted, as changed - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 54)
2025-06-04	House	Amendment 33 adopted, as changed
2025-06-04	House	Amendment 34 adopted, as changed
2025-06-04	House	Amendment 45 adopted, as changed
2025-06-04	House	Published as amended, see H4206

3 recorded votes

When	Chamber	Roll call	Question	Tally
2025-06-04 15:00	House	No. 53	On adoption of amendment #29	153–0
2025-06-04 15:34	House	No. 54	On adoption of amendment #36, chg	154–0
2025-06-04 15:59	House	No. 55	On passing to be engrossed	153–0

45 amendments filed

40 withdrawn · 4 adopted, as changed · 1 adopted

No.	Title	Moved by	Outcome
House 1	Further Defining Eligibility for Medical Use Marijuana	Michael J. Soter	Withdrawn
House 2	Minimum Age of Entry	Hannah Kane	Withdrawn
House 3	Driver Education	Hannah Kane	Withdrawn
House 4	Facilitating Labor Peace in the Cannabis Workforce	Steven Owens	Withdrawn
House 5	Recycling of carbonated hemp beverages	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf	Withdrawn
House 6	Limits on THC Potency	Marcus S. Vaughn	Withdrawn
House 7	THC Warning Labels	Marcus S. Vaughn	Withdrawn
House 8	Cannabis Research	Michael J. Finn	Withdrawn
House 9	Delivery Amendment	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 10	Local excise tax options and HCA reforms	Manny Cruz	Withdrawn
House 11	Demographic Representation in Cannabis Licenses	Carlos González	Withdrawn
House 12	Wholesale Scheduling	Carlos González	Withdrawn
House 13	Owner Investment Threshold	Carlos González	Withdrawn
House 14	An Act Relative to the Prohibition of Billboard Advertising for Non-Prescription Marijuana Products	Patrick Joseph Kearney	Withdrawn
House 15	Licensing Caps	Carlos González	Withdrawn
House 16	Allocating a Portion of Cannabis Excise Tax Revenue to the Special Education Circuit Breaker Program	Francisco E. Paulino	Withdrawn
House 17	Empowering Municipalities to Regulate Outdoor Marijuana Advertising in Communities with Prohibited Retailers and Manufacturers	Francisco E. Paulino	Withdrawn
House 18	Expanding the Impact of the Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund	Andres X. Vargas	Withdrawn
House 19	Parity in Culturally Significant Small Businesses	Andres X. Vargas	Withdrawn
House 20	Advertising Amendment	Andres X. Vargas	Withdrawn
House 21	Reasonableness of delivery safeguards	Mike Connolly	Withdrawn
House 22	Operational efficiency and streamlined customer experience	Mike Connolly	Withdrawn
House 23	An Act Establishing a Commission to Study the Mental Health Impacts of THC Consumption and Develop Public Health Awareness Campaigns	Patrick Joseph Kearney	Withdrawn
House 24	Hemp Beverages Amendment	Dawne Shand	Withdrawn
House 25	Hemp Beverage Sales	Rob Consalvo	Withdrawn
House 26	An Act Requiring the Department of Public Health to Establish a Cannabis-Related Health Surveillance System	Patrick Joseph Kearney	Withdrawn
House 27	Protecting Competition & Equity	Christopher J. Worrell	Withdrawn
House 28	Equitable Retail Sales of Hemp Beverages	Jessica Ann Giannino	Withdrawn
House 29	Diverse Beverage Formats	Jessica Ann Giannino	Adopted
House 30	Providing Relief While Protecting Equity	Christopher J. Worrell	Withdrawn
House 31	Improving CCC Efficiency	Christopher J. Worrell	Withdrawn
House 32	License Control Limits	Aaron L. Saunders	Withdrawn
House 33	Seeds	Michael S. Day	Adopted, as Changed
House 34	Accounts Receivable	Patricia A. Duffy	Adopted, as Changed
House 35	Parity for brewers	Adam J. Scanlon	Withdrawn
House 36	Ensuring Out of State Testing Accountability	Michael S. Day	Adopted, as Changed
House 37	Psychoactive Substance Advisory Board	Michael S. Day	Withdrawn
House 38	Volume of Beverages	Michael S. Day	Withdrawn
House 39	Advertising Restrictions	Michael S. Day	Withdrawn
House 40	Incenting Employee Ownership	Aaron L. Saunders	Withdrawn
House 41	Social Equity Trust Fund Study	Marjorie C. Decker	Withdrawn
House 42	Social Equity Trust Fund Grants	Marjorie C. Decker	Withdrawn
House 43	Social Equity Trust Fund Prioritization	Marjorie C. Decker	Withdrawn
House 44	Host Community Agreements	Orlando Ramos	Withdrawn
House 45	Hemp Beverage Licensing	Rob Consalvo	Adopted, as Changed

Committee actions

Action	Committee
Place in OD	Steering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly Drawn	Bills in the Third Reading (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.