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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1743 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 340
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 national criminal background checks for section 12 and 15 licenses.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2023Nicholas A. Boldyga3rd Hampden1/26/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/26/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/26/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1743 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 340
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 340) of
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to authorizing the Alcoholic Beverages Control
Commission to obtain national criminal background checks for certain felons applying for
alcoholic beverage licenses. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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 national criminal background checks for section 12 and 15 licenses.
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 6 of the General Laws, as amended by section 3 of Chapter 29 of
2the Acts of 2021, is hereby amended by inserting after section 172O the following new section:-
3 “Section 172P. Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the
4contrary, the alcoholic beverages control commission may obtain all available criminal offender
5record information for every applicant for an original license under section 12 or 15 of chapter
6138. The commission may make such record information available to the local licensing
7authority which is reviewing the application. The commission or local authority under this
8section shall not disseminate the information for any purpose other than reviewing and approving
9a license under said sections 12 and 15 of said chapter 138.”