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

H 4160: An Act modernizing the commonwealth's cannabis laws

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 4160 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on May 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act modernizing the commonwealth's cannabis laws. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy. It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 4, 2025): New draft substituted, see H4187.

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12 · Independent 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on Cannabis PolicyPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Dan CahillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Essex
Manny CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7th Essex
Mark CusackCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5th Norfolk
Meg KilcoyneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12th Worcester
Mike KushmerekCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3rd Worcester
Sam MontañoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Suffolk
Jake OliveiraCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateHampden, Hampshire and Worcester
Angelo PuppoloCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12th Hampden
Dave RogersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24th Middlesex
Dawne ShandCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Essex
Mike SoterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8th Worcester
Chynah TylerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7th Suffolk
John VelisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateHampden and Hampshire
Susannah WhippsCo-sponsorIndependentHouse2nd Franklin

“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. New draft substituted, see H4187
  2. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
  3. Rules suspended
  4. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
  5. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
  6. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H4187
  7. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
  8. New draft of H143, H146, H148, H149, H155, H156, H158, H160, H162, H163, H168, H169, H170, H171, H173, H174, H179, H182, H183, H192 and H194
  9. Reported from the committee on Cannabis Policy

Sources

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