HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1299        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 988

 

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 to update the definition of fentanyl.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/18/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/19/2017

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/3/2017

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/30/2017

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

2/2/2017

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/23/2017

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2017

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

2/1/2017

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/30/2017

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

1/26/2017

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

2/3/2017

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/2/2017

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/19/2017

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

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/31/2017

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/19/2017

Robert M. Koczera

11th Bristol

1/19/2017

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

2/3/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2017

James J. Lyons, Jr.

18th Essex

1/26/2017

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/26/2017

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/2/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/19/2017

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/19/2017

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/24/2017

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

2/2/2017

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/3/2017

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/20/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1299        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 988

By Messrs. Whelan of Brewster and Tucker of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 988) of Timothy R. Whelan and others relative to the definition of fentanyl.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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An Act to update the definition of fentanyl.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 32E of chapter 94C of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking subsection (c½), as inserted by chapter 136 of the acts of 2015, and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(c½) Any person who trafficks in fentanyl or any derivative of fentanyl by knowingly or intentionally manufacturing, distributing, dispensing or possessing with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense or by bringing into the commonwealth a net weight of 10 grams or more but less than 18 grams of fentanyl or any derivative of fentanyl, or a net weight of 10 grams or more but less than 18 grams of any mixture containing fentanyl or any derivative of fentanyl, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in state prison for not more than 20 years.

SECTION 2. Section 32E of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby further amended by inserting after the phrase “heroin or any salt thereof,” each time said phrase appears in lines 80, 85, 87 and 89, the words:- “fentanyl or any derivative thereof,”