SENATE DOCKET, NO. 619        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 769

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

William N. Brownsberger

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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 protect the rights of probationers.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

 

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

2/3/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 619        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 769

By Mr. Brownsberger, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 769) of William N. Brownsberger and Paul R. Heroux for legislation to protect the rights of probationers in drug courts.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 731 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 to protect the rights of probationers.

 

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 87A of Chapter 276, as it appears in the 2014 Edition of the

General Laws, is hereby amended by adding the following language after the word “person.” in line 23:-

No person placed on probation shall be deemed to have violated a condition of his or her probation on the basis of his or her possession or use of a controlled substance as prescribed to that person by a health professional registered to prescribe a controlled substance pursuant to Chapter 94C, acting within the lawful scope of his or her practice, or on the basis of his or her possession or use of medical marijuana, if that person received a written certification from a licensed physician for the use of medical marijuana to treat a debilitating medical condition and the person possesses a medical marijuana registration card issued by the Department of Public Health, pursuant to Chapter 369 of the Acts of 2012.