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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1450 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1754
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Lindsay N. Sabadosa
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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 plant medicine.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/18/2023Steven Owens29th Middlesex1/24/2023Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex1/27/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/27/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/22/2023Dylan A. FernandesBarnstable, Dukes and Nantucket3/10/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1450 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1754
By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1754)
of Lindsay N. Sabadosa and others relative to legalizing certain plant medicine. 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 relative to plant medicine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2020 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 49 the following new section-:
3 Section 50: Entheogenic Plants and Fungi
4 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all of the following shall be
5lawful for a natural person 18 years of age or older and shall not be a violation of state or local
6law: the possession, ingestion, obtaining, growing, giving away without financial gain to natural
7persons 18 years of age or older, and transportation of no more than two grams of psilocybin,
8psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine, and mescaline, excluding the weight of any material
9such as water, plant, and fungi material of which the substance is a part or to which the substance
10is added, dissolved, held in solution, or suspended.
11 “Financial gain” shall mean the receipt of money or other valuable consideration in
12exchange for the item being shared.