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An Act modernizing the commonwealth’s cannabis laws

Filed by  ·  14 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4206  ·  Bill

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-06-04HousePassed to be engrossed - 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 55)
2025-06-05HouseH4187, published as amended
2025-06-09SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2025-11-13SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2722
2025-11-13SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2025-11-13SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Wednesday, November 19, 2025
2025-11-19SenateRead second
2025-11-19SenateAmended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2722
2025-11-19SenateReprinted, as amended, see S2749
2025-11-19SenateOrdered to a third reading
2025-11-19SenateRead third
2025-11-19SenatePassed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #116 (Yeas 30 to Nays 7)
2025-12-24HouseRules suspended
2025-12-24HouseHouse NON-concurred in the Senate amendment
2025-12-24HouseCommittee of conference appointed - (Donahue-Gonzalez-Soter)
2025-12-31SenateRules suspended
2025-12-31SenateSenate insisted on its amendment
2025-12-31SenateCommittee of conference appointed (Gomez-Comerford-Durant), in concurrence
2026-04-06HouseReported by H5350

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-11-19SenateNo. 116Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #116 (Yeas 30 to Nays 7)30–7

1 amendments filed

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act modernizing the commonwealth’s cannabis laws

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2025-11-13 11:30  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text

favorable · 16

reserve right · 2

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)
Accompanied

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.