HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3482        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1951

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John J. Lawn, Jr.

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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 sale of tobacco to minors.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/14/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/25/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/25/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/25/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/25/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/28/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/28/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/29/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/30/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/30/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/30/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/30/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/30/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

1/31/2019

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/31/2019

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/31/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

2/1/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/1/2019

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/1/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

2/1/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/1/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3482        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1951

By Mr. Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1951) of John J. Lawn, Jr., and others relative to the sale of tobacco to minors.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to the sale of tobacco to minors.

 

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. Chapter 270 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended in Section 6 by striking out subsections 6 (d) and (e) and inserting in place thereof the following three subsections:-

“(d) Each person selling or distributing tobacco products shall verify the age of the purchaser by means of government-issued photographic identification containing the bearer’s date of birth that the purchaser is 21 years old or older.  Verification is required for any person, regardless of age.“

“(e) A person who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of $1,000 for the first offense, $2,000 for a second offense and $5,000 for a third or subsequent offense.”

“(f) The department of public health may promulgate regulations to implement this section.”