No Deal Yet on Rewrite of Massachusetts Marijuana Law

Lawmakers missed their self-imposed June 30 deadline for a compromise bill to send to Gov. Baker.


Efforts to rewrite the Massachusetts marijuana laws hit a pothole Thursday night.

Around 9 p.m., lawmakers at the State House headed home without a compromise bill to place on Gov. Charlie Baker's desk.

"We haven't filed a bill yet, that you can see," said state Sen. William Brownsberger, D-Belmont, declining further comment to reporters as he left.

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Lawmakers, who have been meeting behind closed doors this week, are poised to blow a June 30th deadline they set for themselves, in order to give Baker and other state officials the time to set up the regulatory structure that would oversee the marijuana industry.

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