SENATE DOCKET, NO. 5        FILED ON: 1/3/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1018

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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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 safe driving and open containers.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

 

James T. Welch

Hampden

1/4/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/7/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/4/2019

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

1/4/2019

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

1/4/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/7/2019

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

1/31/2019

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/10/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

1/9/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/10/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/10/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/24/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/24/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/30/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/30/2019

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

2/1/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 5        FILED ON: 1/3/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1018

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1018) of Bruce E. Tarr, James T. Welch, Colleen M. Garry, Hannah Kane and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to safe driving and open containers.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2501 OF 2017-2018.]

 

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 safe driving and open containers.

 

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

Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended after Section 24I by inserting the following new section:-

Section 24I½. Possession of narcotic drugs and marihuana in motor vehicles.

Whoever, upon any way or in any place to which the public has a right of access, or upon any way or in any place to which members of the public have access as invitees or licensees, possesses a narcotic drug or marihuana, as defined in Section 1 of Chapter 94C of the General Laws, in the passenger area of any motor vehicle, as defined by Section 24I of Chapter 90 for the General Laws, except within a closed bottle, bag, or other container, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500.