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An Act enabling private donations to the cannabis social equity trust fund

Filed by Edward J. Kennedy  ·  4 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S85  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2160

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Cannabis Policy
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-07-09JointHearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-2
2025-07-09JointHearing rescheduled to 07/22/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2025-12-08SenateReporting date extended to Tuesday January 27, 2026
2026-03-05SenateAccompanied a study order (under JR10), see S2985

1 of these was struck from the record by the clerk and shown ruled through, because a struck line is part of what the record says happened.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-07-22Cannabis Policy (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
AccompaniedCannabis Policy (J)

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.