Massachusetts HD 532: An Act relative to supporting sustainability in the cannabis industry

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 532 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 165

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Lindsay N. Sabadosa
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to supporting sustainability in the cannabis industry.
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PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED:
Lindsay N. Sabadosa 1st Hampshire 1/9/2025

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 532 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 165
By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 165)
of Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative sustainable practices and reduce the use of natural materials in
the cannabis industry. Cannabis Policy.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to supporting sustainability in the cannabis industry.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:

1 Section 4 of Chapter 94G of the General Laws is amended by inserting, at the end of the
2 section, the following subsection:
3 (m) The commission shall convene a sustainability working group and will meet with
4 representatives from the cannabis industry in the commonwealth to discuss measures that will
5 increase sustainable practices and reduce the use of natural materials in the cannabis industry.
6 The working group will address issues including, but not limited to:
7 (i) how cannabis cultivators, wholesalers, and the commonwealth may cooperate on a
8 system of recollecting, sanitizing, and reusing returned packages for consumer use
9 (ii) the development of a manual of best practices that the CCC will issue to standardize
10 regulations and recommendations around the legal disposal of marijuana waste and recollection
11 of packages

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12 (iii) the development of a recollection and reuse program for radio frequency
13 identification tags used for seed-to-sale tracking.