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Number Name Sponsor Sponsors Summary Action

S1031 Act to establish the MAMedical marijuana

Program

Sen.Keenan

Rosenberg,Wolf,

Turner,Murphy,Walsh,Hunt,Dykema,Rogers,Donoghue,Conroy,McMurtry

Defines bona-fide physician patient relationship; requiresin person appointment; physicians must have appropriate

training; limits caregivers to one patient; defines minorpatient; limits patients to 2oz. per month; sets up medicalmarijuana administration fund for promulgation andenforcement; DPH regulate max # of cultivators; no lessthan $25K for cultivation license; financial requirements tocultivators; compensation limits for staff; health, safety,and security requirements for cultivators; max # ofdispensaries at 10; enter prescription monitoring program;no advertising; dispensary cannot also be a cultivator;CORI checks; caregivers may not be reimbursed for

services; regulations adding conditions; dept keepconfidential list; DPH report to JPH about program, JPHannually hold hearing on program.

Referred toJoint

Committee onPublic Health(JPH)

H2039 Act establishing zoningstandards for medicalmarijuana dispensaries

Rep.Murphy

No dispensary may be located within 1000 foot radius of aschool, place of worship, civic center, drug free zone, ornon smoking zones; may not be located within 1000 footradius of a residential zone unless city council regulateslocation.

JPH

H2101 Act clarifying municipalregulations regarding

medical marijuana

Rep.Turner

Walsh,DiNatale,

Diehl, Walz,Dwyer,Jones,Murphy,Keenan,Orrall

Any city, town, district, school district that regulatessmoking on public property within such entity is deemed to

prohibit smoking of marijuana unless they have voted toallow it; not discrimination due to a medical condition.

Judiciary

H2102 Act to affecting propertyowners and employers

Rep.Turner

Walsh,Diehl, Walz,

Any entity that regulates smoking on private property isdeemed to prohibit smoking of marijuana unless they

Judiciary

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rights regarding medicalmarijuana

Dwyer,Jones,Murphy,

Keenan,Dykema,Hecht

permit it; not discrimination due to a medical condition.

H1917 Act relative to theregulation and oversightof medical marijuana

Rep.Collins

Arciero,Canavan,Fox, Hunt,Keenan,Kuros,Murphy,Turner,

Walsh,Dwyer,Stanley

A prescription may be issued by a physician who islicensed in a contiguous state; a distributor must determinethat prescription is authentic and valid, verify bytelephone; distributor not liable for refusing to fill aprescription where verification cannot be obtained; adistributor must deliver to DPH a copy of prescription; noless than $1M from fees directed to Executive Office of

Safety and Security for the purposes of reinstating andfunding the Drug Diversion Unit of the MA State Police.

JPH

H1663 Act affecting municipalrights regarding medicalmarijuana

Turner Walsh,DiNatale,Diehl, Walz,Dwyer,Jones,Murphy,Keenan,

Orrall, Wolf

Cities, towns, districts, or school districts may regulate andprohibit the use of medical marijuana.

Judiciary

H1664 Act affecting landlordsrights regarding medicalmarijuana

Turner Walsh,Diehl, Walz,Dwyer,DiNatale,Jones,Keenan,Hecht

Residential and commercial landlords may regulatesmoking medical marijuana on or in property that thelandlord owns or controls.

Judiciary

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S1030 Act relative to theimplementation date of amedical marijuana

program

SenKeenan

Walsh,Walsh,Ross,

Murphy,Dykema

Change effective date of law from 1/1/13 to 9/1/13 JPH

H1612 Act relative to thehumanitarian use ofmarijuana

Rep.Scibak

Sciortino Strikes out initiative entirely; adds PTSD, severe pain,nausea, seizures to qualifying conditions; creates Medicalmarijuana Enforcement Division; defines medicalmarijuana testing laboratory; caregivers prohibited fromconsuming marijuana.

Judiciary

S950 Act relative to the zoningof marijuana treatmentcenters

Rep.Hedlund

Zoning ordinances authorizing establishment of treatmentcenters defined; may state the specific improvements,amenities, or locations of proposed uses.

JointCommittee onMunicipalities

and RegionalGovernment

H1515 Act relative to publicpossession of marijuanain a municipality

Rep.Murphy

No protection for persons in possession of marijuanawithin a school, play ground, library, municipal ownedland, building, or vehicle.

Judiciary

S823 Act protecting the publicfrom driving under theinfluence of marijuana

Sen.Tarr

Odor of marijuana in a vehicle can give an officer probablecause to believe criminal activity is underway.

Judiciary