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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2049 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1808 |
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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 | | Marcus S. Vaughn |
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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 pill press machines. |
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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:Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/19/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2049 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1808 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1808) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marcus S. Vaughn relative to pill press machines. The Judiciary. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE [Refile Branch], NO. OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to pill press machines. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 Section 32G of Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following new subsection :- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, purchase, deliver, sell, or possess with |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4intent to sell or deliver a tableting machine, an encapsulating machine, or controlled substance |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5counterfeiting materials knowing, intending, or having reasonable cause to believe that it will be |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6used to manufacture a controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance. Any person who |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7violates this subsection shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a sentence of not less than 1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8year and not more than 5 years in the state prison or county house of correction or by a fine of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9not less than $25,000, or both such fine and imprisonment. |
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