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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2820 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1955 |
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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 | | David M. Rogers and Greg Schwartz |
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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 fentanyl test strips. |
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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:David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/16/2025Greg Schwartz12th Middlesex1/16/2025Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol1/23/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/5/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2820 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1955 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Rogers of Cambridge and Schwartz of Newton, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 19 | 19 | | bill, House, No. 1955) of David M. Rogers, Greg Schwartz and others relative to the |
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| 20 | 20 | | decriminalization of fentanyl test strips. 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 fentanyl test strips. |
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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 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “substances”, in line 123, the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3following words:- ; provided, however, that said testing equipment shall not include fentanyl test |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4strips or any testing equipment or device solely used, intended for use or designed to be used to |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5determine whether a substance contains fentanyl or its analogues. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 SECTION 2. Said chapter 94C is hereby further amended by inserting after section 19F |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7the following section:- |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 Section 19G. Any person who, in good faith, provides, administers or utilizes a fentanyl |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9test strip or any testing equipment or device solely used, intended for use or designed to be used |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10to determine whether a substance contains fentanyl or its analogues shall not, as a result of the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11person’s acts or omissions, be subject to any criminal or civil liability or any professional 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12disciplinary action; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to acts of gross |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. |
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