Cannabis laws and bills in Massachusetts

Every bill in the Massachusetts Legislature that falls inside the Cannabis Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

120

Bills in Scope

34

Past Committee

24 August 2026

Most Recent Action

Cannabis laws enacted in Massachusetts in 2026

1 Cannabis bill was enacted in Massachusetts this year, the latest with a last action on 19 April 2026. Each links to the Massachusetts Legislature's own page.

  • H 5350An Act modernizing the commonwealth’s cannabis laws19 April 2026

Cannabis bills in Massachusetts

1Enacted

33Past committee

86Introduced or inactive

120 bills in scope

Past committee

24 of 33 shown

H 5547An Act extending the timeframe for the issuance of licenses granted pursuant to Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2020 in the city of EasthamptonPassed chamberH 176An Act further defining eligibility for medical use marijuanaPassed committeeS 2999An Act to clarify the minimum age for the sale and purchase of adult-use productsPassed committeeH 2179An Act prohibiting employment discrimination based on the legal use of cannabisPassed committeeS 2800An act regulating the sale of hemp products to protect public healthPassed committeeS 75An Act to modernize the cannabis regulatory environmentPassed committeeS 82An Act regularizing accounts receivable in the cannabis industryPassed committeeS 83An Act to modernize Massachusetts medical marijuana programPassed committeeS 87An Act delivering a fair share of cannabis revenue to communities harmed by the war on drugsPassed committeeS 89An Act expanding access to legal, regulated cannabis deliveryPassed committeeS 94An Act relative to prohibiting billboard advertisements of non-prescription marijuanaPassed committeeS 99An Act for cannabis market modernizationPassed committeeS 2816Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Cannabis Policy, to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to insurance and treatment matters.Passed committeeS 2817Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Cannabis Policy, to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to cannabis policy matters.Passed committeeS 2663An Act to regulate hemp-derived beverages like alcoholPassed committeeS 2677Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Cannabis Policy to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to cannabis policy mattersPassed committeeS 76An Act relative to cannabis use by first respondersPassed committeeS 81An Act to modernize cannabis retail operationsPassed committeeH 150An Act relative to seedsPassed committeeH 154An Act to protect children from the use of alcohol and marijuanaPassed committeeH 159An Act prohibiting employment discrimination based on legal use of cannabisPassed committeeH 161An Act to facilitate labor peace among the cannabis workforcePassed committeeH 165An Act relative to supporting sustainability in the cannabis industryPassed committeeH 4533An Act expanding access to legal, regulated cannabis deliveryPassed committee

Showing the 25 furthest along of 120. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Massachusetts Legislature's own page.

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What's In Scope

How Cannabis Legislation bills are selected

In scope is any bill regulating the cultivation, manufacture, testing, distribution, sale, possession or taxation of cannabis and cannabis products: adult-use and medical programmes, licence classes and the agency that issues them, excise rates and revenue allocation, social equity licensing and automatic expungement, intoxicating hemp and cannabinoid products, potency limits, packaging and labelling, impaired driving, workplace and tenancy protections for lawful use, and banking and insurance access for licensees.

Scope is defined by a written topic profile that every bill is measured against. The profiles are drafted by a model and validated by retrieval measurement against a judged set of bills, not reviewed by an attorney. LawSignals is a research tool and does not provide legal advice.

Massachusetts is one of Cannabis Legislation's jurisdictions

The tracker follows this subject everywhere it is legislated, and publishes a monthly issue on what moved across all of them.