HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 72 FILED ON: 1/7/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1782
|
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_________________
PRESENTED BY:
Joseph D. McKenna
_________________
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 illegal drug and firearm trafficking.
_______________
PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 1/7/2021 |
Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | 1/27/2021 |
Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex | 2/12/2021 |
David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | 2/19/2021 |
Michael J. Soter | 8th Worcester | 2/23/2021 |
David K. Muradian, Jr. | 9th Worcester | 2/23/2021 |
Lenny Mirra | 2nd Essex | 2/23/2021 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 2/25/2021 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 2/26/2021 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 3/18/2021 |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 3/18/2021 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 3/18/2021 |
Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth | 3/19/2021 |
Steven G. Xiarhos | 5th Barnstable | 3/19/2021 |
Norman J. Orrall | 12th Bristol | 3/31/2021 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 72 FILED ON: 1/7/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1782
By Mr. McKenna of Webster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1782) of Joseph D. McKenna and others relative to trafficking certain illegal drugs and firearms. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3398 OF 2019-2020.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
_______________
An Act relative to illegal drug and firearm trafficking.
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 94C of the General Laws shall be amended by adding the following new section:
Section 32O: Illegal Trafficking of Opioids, Heroin, Firearms.
(a) Whoever is found guilty for trafficking substances under section 32E paragraphs (c) or (c1/2) of this chapter and is concurrently or separately found guilty of any of sections 10E, 10I, 10J, or 10K of Chapter 269 regarding the trafficking or theft of firearms, rifles, shotguns or machine guns shall be punished by a term of up to life imprisonment in the state prison, that said sentence may include a fine of not more than $500,000.
SECTION 2. A prosecution commenced under this section shall not be placed on file or continued without a finding.
SECTION 3. A person convicted of violating this section shall not be eligible for furlough, work release, temporary release or receive any deduction from his sentence for good conduct under sections 129C or 129D of chapter 127.