Massachusetts gov to sign marijuana bill today
Published: Jul 28, 2017, 7:27 am • Updated: Jul 28, 2017, 7:28 am
By The Associated Press
BOSTON, Mass. — Gov. Charlie Baker is planning to sign a bill that makes changes to the state’s voter-approved recreational marijuana law.
The bill sets up different procedures for cities and towns to follow if they want to restrict marijuana stores, depending on how their residents voted on the November ballot question. Some argue that provision could leave the bill vulnerable to a constitutional challenge.
The legislation was formally sent to the Republican governor’s desk last week after final procedural votes in the House and Senate.
Related stories
- Trading veggies for herb: Produce grower planting cannabis in million-square-foot greenhouse
- Much-contested bill on Massachusetts marijuana regs finally OK’d by legislature
- Small-town Massachusetts cannabis advocates: “People are afraid to make their voices known”
Lawmakers earlier voted to accept a compromise hammered out by negotiators after the two chambers approved competing versions of the bill.
Baker plans to signs the bill in his office at the Statehouse at noon on Friday. Baker opposed the ballot question that created the new law.
Topics: Charlie Baker, legalization, Massachusetts, regulations
