HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3631        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1538

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David F. DeCoste

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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 protecting law enforcement officers from fentanyl exposure.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/12/2021

Boston Police Patrolmen's Association

295 Freeport Street Boston, MA 02122

2/19/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/19/2021

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

2/24/2021

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

2/24/2021

Susan L. Moran

Plymouth and Barnstable

2/25/2021

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/25/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/25/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3631        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1538

By Mr. DeCoste of Norwell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1538) of David F. DeCoste and others relative to the destruction and disposal of fentanyl.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to protecting law enforcement officers from fentanyl exposure.

 

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

Section 47A of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any controlled substance confirmed as fentanyl after the required chemical analysis has been performed, in accordance with this section, shall be delivered to the department of state police to be destroyed or disposed of in any way not prohibited by law. Such analysis shall be performed by a chemist of the department of state police or by a chemist at the University of Massachusetts medical school who shall issue a signed certificate, on oath, of the results of the analysis confirming said seized controlled substance as fentanyl. Such certificate shall be sworn to before a justice of the peace or a notary public and shall be prima facie evidence of the composition and quality of such fentanyl when introduced as evidence before a grand jury or any court proceeding in the commonwealth.