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Bill Number
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Title
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Summary
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Sponsors
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Committee Assignment
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 H 1279
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An Act relative to class D controlled substances
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Increases Penalties for Dealers
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John J. Binienda
John P. Fresolo
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Judiciary
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H 1281
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An Act providing for the civil liability of drug dealers
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Dealer of controlled dangerous substances liable for damages for injury resulting from an individual's illegal use of a controlled dangerous substance.
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John J. Binienda
John P. Fresolo
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Judiciary
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H 1343
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An Act relative to the controlled substance laws
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Increases current penalties for 'dealing" and punishes knowingly or intentionally distributing or intending to distribute to a person under the age of eighteen years with a mandatory term of imprisonment in the state prison for not less than five nor more than fifteen years and a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars.
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Joseph R. Driscoll, Jr.
Allen J. McCarthy
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Judiciary
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H 1404
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An Act relative to the operation of a snow or recreational vehicle under the influence of alcoholic or narcotic substances
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OUIA/OUID of a snow or recreational vehicle punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years, or both such fine and imprisonment.
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Anne M. Gobi
Todd M. Smola
Jennifer M. Callahan
Geraldo Alicea
Denise Provost
John W. Scibak
Stephen R. Canessa
Bruce E. Tarr
Elizabeth A. Malia
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Judiciary
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H 1438
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An Act relative to repeat offenders
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SECTION 12. imposes a six month on and after sentence on those convicted of driving under the influence of among other things marijuana while a child under the age of 14 is in the vehicle and a fine of not more than $10,000.
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Viriato Manuel deMacedo
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
George N. Peterson, Jr.
Elizabeth Poirier
F. Jay Barrows
Paul K. Frost
Susan Williams Gifford
Bradford R. Hill
Jeffrey Davis Perry
Richard J. Ross
Todd M. Smola
Robert S. Hargraves
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Judiciary
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H 1536
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An Act public possession of marijuana in a municipality
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Makes Question 2 inapplicable to persons found in possession of Marijuana within a school, school yard, play ground, public library, municipal owned land, municipal owned building, or municipal owned vehicle.
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James M. Murphy
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Judiciary
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H 1537
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An Act regarding the decriminalization of marijuane and local option
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Requires local acceptance of Question 2
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James M. Murphy
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Judiciary
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H 1590
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An Act to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth from drunk drivers
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Defines OUI marijuana as having ingested enough to diminish one's capacity or ability to drive safely
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Eugene L. O'Flaherty
Mass. Bar Association
Gale D. Candaras
Boston Bar Association
Peter J. Koutoujian
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Judiciary
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 H. 1667
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An Act Relative to Certain Controlled Substances Violations
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Exempts first time offenders under age 19 from mandatory minimum school zone/park sentences if substance is in Class D this includes marijuana
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William Pignatelli
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Judiciary
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H 1763
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An Act regulating marijuana possession in schools, businesses and public locations
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Notwithstanding Question 2 school committees, employers and people in charge of places open to the public to make rules and regulations prohibiting the use or possession of any amounts of marijuana on school grounds, places of employment and places open to the public.
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Cleon H. Turner
Brian P. Wallace
Todd M. Smola
Anne M. Gobi
John D. Keenan
Jennifer M. Callahan
Colleen M. Garry
Geraldo Alicea
Jennifer L. Flanagan
Allen J. McCarthy
Richard J. Ross
Mary E. Grant
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Judiciary
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H 1807
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An Act to prevent private employers and state government to require drug testing as a condition of employment, work of any nature, within Commonwealth of Massachusetts Republic
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Regulates drug testing in the workplace
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Anne M. Gobi by request of Steven R. Drury
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Labor and Workforce Development
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 H 2160
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An Act to regulate the medical use of marijuana by patients approved by physicians and certified by the department of public health
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"The Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Act" protects registered patients with debilitating medical conditions, as well as their practitioners and registered designated caregivers, from arrest and prosecution, criminal and other penalties, and property forfeiture if such patients engage in the medical use of marijuana
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Frank I. Smizik
John V. Fernandes
Charles A. Murphy
Tom Sannicandro
Elizabeth A. Malia
Alice K. Wolf
Patricia D. Jehlen
Byron Rushing
Anne M. Gobi
James B. Eldridge
Ellen Story
Robert L. Hedlund
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Public Health
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H 2929
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An Act to regulate and tax the cannabis industry
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Legalization of Cannabis Hemp and legal regulation of marihuana for those over 21 years of ag, including growing your own
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Ellen Story by request of Richard Evans
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Revenue
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H 3330
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An Act relative to the regulation of snow and recreation vehicles
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OUIA/OUID of a snow or recreational vehicle on the lands, waters or ways, whether public or private punished by a fine of not less than punished by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 2 ½ or by both fine and imprisonment.
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William N. Brownsberger
George N. Peterson, Jr.
Patricia D. Jehlen
Peter v. Kocot
Barbara A. L'Italien
Kay Khan
Sarah K. Peake
Frank I. Smizik
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera
Elizabeth A. Malia
Cleon H. Turner
Rosemary Sandlin
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Transportation
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H 4006
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AN ACT PENALIZING ANY OFFENDER IN POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA IN A SCHOOL ZONE
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Makes possession of marijuana a school zone offense with mandatory 2 years!!
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Todd M. Smola, Jeffrey Davis Perry, Richard J. Ross, Elizabeth Poirier
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H 4007
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An Act to criminalize the operation of a motor vehicle while in possession of marijuana.
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Recriminalizes possession in car including any marijuana that is discovered within the immediate reach of 6 the operator, inclusive of passengers
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Todd M. Smola, Jeffrey Davis Perry, Richard J. Ross, Elizabeth Poirier
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