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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3444 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1787 |
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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 | | Chynah Tyler and Samantha Montaño |
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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 automatically sealing cannabis records and promoting uniform digital record keeping. |
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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:Chynah Tyler7th Suffolk1/20/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk1/20/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex2/14/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/14/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3444 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1787 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Tyler of Boston and Montaño of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 1787) of Chynah Tyler, Samantha Montaño and others relative to sealing cannabis |
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| 20 | 20 | | records and promoting uniform digital record keeping. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act automatically sealing cannabis records and promoting uniform digital record keeping. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Chapter 276 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 100K ¼ |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2the following section:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 SECTION 100K ½ (a) Massachusetts courts shall seal all records created as a result of a |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4criminal court appearance, juvenile court appearance or disposition for: (1) the possession or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5cultivation of an amount of marijuana decriminalized by chapter 387 of the acts of 2008; (2) the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6possession or cultivation of an amount of marijuana decriminalized by chapter 334 of the acts of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 72016; (3) the possession or cultivation of an amount of marijuana decriminalized by chapter 55 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8of the acts of 2017; (4) possession of marijuana with intent to distribute based on an amount of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9marijuana decriminalized by chapter 387 of the acts of 2008, chapter 334 of the acts of 2016 or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10chapter 55 of the acts of 2017; or (5) distribution of marijuana based on an amount of marijuana |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11decriminalized by chapter 387 of the acts of 2008, chapter 334 of the acts of 2016 or chapter 55 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12of the acts of 2017. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 (b) Massachusetts courts shall leverage all available financial resources to create uniform |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14and digitized record keeping processes that enable automatic sealing of records related to |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15criminal court appearance, juvenile court appearance or disposition should criminal penalties |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16associated with such appearances and hearings and dispositions be removed from state law. |
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