Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has issued an executive order to implement a coronavirus-related business curfew that requires all adult-use cannabis sales to end at 9:30 p.m., according to a MassLive.com report.

Medical cannabis sales can continue past the curfew under the order, which went into effect Nov. 6, the news outlet reported.

The rules are part of a new stay-at-home advisory, which aims to address a second wave of COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts, according to MassLive.com.

Other businesses, including table service at restaurants, must also close at 9:30 p.m. under the order, and all Massachusetts residents have been instructed to stay home between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily with certain exceptions like grocery shopping or receiving health care, MassLive.com reported.

At the beginning of the coronavirus crisis in Massachusetts, Baker classified adult-use cannabis businesses as non-essential businesses in the state’s initial COVID-19 response, forcing non-medical dispensaries to shut down for roughly two months. Adult-use retailers were permitted to re-open with curbside pickup services in May.

Tennessee Sen. Janice Bowling (R-Tullahoma) has announced plans for a new medical cannabis legalization bill, according to a local WREG report.

Bowling, who has backed legislation to legalize medical cannabis in the state for years, plans to introduce the new bill when the state legislature re-convenes in January, the news outlet reported.

Qualifying conditions would include cancer, glaucoma and PTSD, according to WREG, and Bowling told the news outlet that she hopes the recent legalization of medical cannabis in nearby Mississippi will generate more support for the bill.

“We’re up to 43 states that have legalized it and many of the states around us have legalized it,” Bowling told WREG. “We are being foolish in the worst sense of the word—just incredibly foolish and incredibly lacking in responsiveness to what is now readily available for people to know that this is a safe medicine solution."

New Jersey Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) introduced legislation Nov. 6 to implement the state’s adult-use cannabis program, just days after voters passed a legalization initiative on Election Day, according to an NJ.com report.

The bill, S.21/A.21, outlines how the state’s newly legal cannabis industry will operate, and largely mirrors an unsuccessful legalization bill Scutari sponsored last year, NJ.com reported.

The bill, which consists of 206 pages, includes many “hyper-technical” changes from the legislation considered last year, Scutari told NJ.com, as well as one more substantial change: medical cannabis license holders will be able to open two additional cultivation sites to meet adult-use demand.

Currently, medical cannabis operators can only operate one grow facility, but up to three dispensary locations, according to NJ.com.

New Jersey’s new adult-use cannabis industry, as well as its existing medical cannabis market, will be overseen by the Cannabis Regulatory Commission, and there is no limit on the number of adult-use licenses that can be issued, NJ.com reported.

The legislation includes several provisions to bolster social equity and diversify ownership in the state’s adult-use cannabis market, according to the news outlet, including reserving 15% of licenses for racial minorities and another 15% for women and veterans.

The bill is scheduled for hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Regulations Committee Nov. 9, according to the news outlet, and lawmakers aim to get the legislation passed through the full Senate and Assembly by Nov. 16.

After voters passed a medical cannabis legalization initiative on Election Day, Liz Sharlot, communications director for the Mississippi State Department of Health, told the Daily Journal that the department is in the “planning stages” to develop the state’s medical cannabis program.

Initiative 65, which passed with 74% of the vote, according to the news outlet, gives the department until July 1, 2021, to establish regulations to implement the program. Business licenses and patient ID cards must be issued by Aug. 15, 2021, the Daily Journal reported.

Sharlot told the news outlet that the department is currently reviewing the various factors needed to roll out the program.

“We understand the public interest, and as more details become available, the information will be publicly released and posted on our website,” she said.

Initiative 65 outlines 23 qualifying conditions for Mississippi’s medical cannabis program, according to the Daily Journal, and once a doctor certifies a patient for the program, he or she can purchase a medical cannabis ID card from the health department at a to-be-determined cost that cannot exceed $50.

The Mississippi State Department of Health must license treatment centers to distribute medical cannabis to registered patients, although it has not yet outlined rules for the licensing process, the Daily Journal reported.

The department may create an advisory committee to help create the regulations for Mississippi’s medical cannabis program, according to the news outlet.