HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2534        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1736

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David M. Rogers

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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 decriminalizing fentanyl test strips.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/19/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/19/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/25/2023

Kristin E. Kassner

2nd Essex

3/15/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2534        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1736

By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1736) of David M. Rogers, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf relative to fentanyl test strips.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act decriminalizing fentanyl test strips.

 

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, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is amended in section 32I, in line 25, by inserting after the words “section 27” the following: “, or testing products utilized in determining whether a controlled substance contains chemicals, toxic substances or hazardous compounds in quantities which can cause physical harm or death. The term "testing products" shall include, but is not limited to, fentanyl test strips.”