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H154 • 2025

An Act to protect children from the use of alcohol and marijuana

An Act to protect children from the use of alcohol and marijuana

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Sponsor
Daniel J. Hunt
Last action
2025-10-23
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to protect children from the use of alcohol and marijuana

An Act to protect children from the use of alcohol and marijuana By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to protect children from the use of alcohol and marijuana By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 154) of Daniel J.
  • Hunt relative to advertising for the distribution of alcohol or marijuana within a mile of a school zone.
  • Cannabis Policy.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-23 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2025-10-23 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-10-23 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-09-25 House

    Accompanied by H190

  5. 2025-09-25 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  6. 2025-07-09 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-2

  7. 2025-07-09 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 07/22/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Cannabis Policy

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to protect children from the use of alcohol and marijuana
By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 154) of Daniel J. Hunt relative to advertising for the distribution of alcohol or marijuana within a mile of a school zone. Cannabis Policy.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.154

Section 29 of chapter 93 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end, the following "Shall not advertise for the distribution use of alcohol or marijuana within 5,280 feet of a school zone."

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