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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

H 159: An Act prohibiting employment discrimination based on legal use of cannabis

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

H 159 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act prohibiting employment discrimination based on legal use of cannabis. Primary sponsor: Mike Kushmerek (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 8, 2025): Read second and ordered to a third reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

By Representative Kushmerek of Fitchburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 159) of Michael P. Kushmerek and Jacob R. Oliveira for legislation to prohibit employment discrimination based on legal use of cannabis. Cannabis Policy.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mike KushmerekPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse3rd Worcester
Jamie EldridgeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateMiddlesex and Worcester
Patrick KearneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Plymouth
Jake OliveiraCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateHampden, Hampshire and Worcester
Sean ReidCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Essex

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  2. Rules suspended
  3. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
  4. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  5. Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
  6. Senate concurred
  7. Referred to the committee on Cannabis Policy

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source