HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 73        FILED ON: 1/4/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1076

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Timothy R. Whelan and Paul Tucker

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the classification of certain controlled substances.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/4/2017

Paul Tucker

7th Essex

1/5/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/13/2017

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/30/2017

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/23/2017

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2017

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

2/2/2017

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/11/2017

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

2/2/2017

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/24/2017

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/31/2017

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/31/2017

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

2/3/2017

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/5/2017

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

1/20/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/2/2017

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

1/17/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/19/2017

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

2/1/2017

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

2/3/2017

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/12/2017

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/30/2017

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

2/2/2017

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

2/2/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 73        FILED ON: 1/4/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1076

By Messrs. Whelan of Brewster and Tucker of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1076) of Timothy R. Whelan, Paul Tucker and others relative to the classification of certain controlled substances.  Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4356 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to the classification of certain controlled substances.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Paragraph (a) of Class B of section 31 of chapter 94C of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out clause (4), as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-

(4) Coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed; Cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers; Ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers; or any compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of any of the substances referred to in this clause.