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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 612 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1680 |
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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 | | Rodney M. Elliott |
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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 a ban on Kratom. |
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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:Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex1/10/2025Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/13/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 612 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1680 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Elliott of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1680) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Rodney M. Elliott and Colleen M. Garry for legislation to establish Kratom as a controlled |
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| 20 | 20 | | substance. 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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to a ban on Kratom. |
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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 Subsection (d) of class A of section 31 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 (9) Kratom, which for the purposes of this paragraph, shall mean any parts of the plant |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4Mitragyna speciosa, whether growing or not, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5mixture, product or preparation of the plant, including mitragynine and the metabolite 7- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6hydroxymitragynine. |
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