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

H 4206: An Act modernizing the commonwealth’s cannabis laws

Passed both chambers 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 4206 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on June 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act modernizing the commonwealth’s cannabis laws. It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 6, 2026): Reported by H5350.

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.

House bill No. 4187, as changed by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading, and as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. June 4, 2025.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
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. Reported by H5350
  2. Committee of conference appointed (Gomez-Comerford-Durant), in concurrence
  3. Senate insisted on its amendment
  4. Rules suspended
  5. Committee of conference appointed - (Donahue-Gonzalez-Soter)
  6. House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment
  7. Rules suspended
  8. Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #116 (Yeas 30 to Nays 7)
  9. Read third
  10. Ordered to a third reading
  11. Reprinted, as amended, see S2749
  12. Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2722

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

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