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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2952 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1673 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Joseph D. McKenna |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to illegal drug and firearm trafficking. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/19/2023Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth2/8/2023Michael J. Soter8th Worcester2/15/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2952 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1673 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative McKenna of Webster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1673) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Joseph D. McKenna, Angelo L. D'Emilia and Michael J. Soter relative to trafficking certain |
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| 20 | 20 | | illegal drugs and firearms. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1782 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to illegal drug and firearm trafficking. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 94C of the General Laws shall be amended by adding the following |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2new section: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 32O: Illegal Trafficking of Opioids, Heroin, Firearms. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 (a) Whoever is found guilty for trafficking substances under section 32E paragraphs (c) |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5or (c1/2) of this chapter and is concurrently or separately found guilty of any of sections 10E, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 610I, 10J, or 10K of Chapter 269 regarding the trafficking or theft of firearms, rifles, shotguns or |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7machine guns shall be punished by a term of up to life imprisonment in the state prison, that said |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8sentence may include a fine of not more than $500,000. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 SECTION 2. A prosecution commenced under this section shall not be placed on file or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10continued without a finding. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 SECTION 3. A person convicted of violating this section shall not be eligible for |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12furlough, work release, temporary release or receive any deduction from his sentence for good |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13conduct under sections 129C or 129D of chapter 127. |
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