Massachusetts · Bill 49 · 193rd General Court

An Act to facilitate labor peace among the cannabis workforce

S 49 Sponsored by Lydia Edwards Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 16, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 16, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

By Ms. Edwards, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 49) of Lydia Edwards, Steven Owens, Daniel M. Donahue, James K. Hawkins and other members of the General Court for legislation to facilitate labor peace among the cannabis workforce. Cannabis Policy.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Cannabis Policy · Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy
  2. HouseHouse concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing rescheduled to 09/19/2023 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 · Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy
  4. CommitteeAccompanied a new draft, see S2598 · Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 5 Democrats, 1 Republican.

All 6 cosponsors

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.