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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3071 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2046 |
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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 | | Richard G. Wells, Jr. |
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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:Richard G. Wells, Jr.7th Norfolk1/16/2025Steven J. Ouellette8th Bristol1/23/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3071 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2046 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Wells of Milton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2046) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Richard G. Wells, Jr. and Steven J. Ouellette relative to pill press machines. The Judiciary. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to pill press machines. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Section 32G of Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following new subsection: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 (1)It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, purchase, deliver, sell, or possess |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4with intent to sell or deliver a tableting machine, an encapsulating machine, drug molds, or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5controlled substance counterfeiting materials knowing, intending, or having reasonable cause to |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6believe that it will be used to manufacture a controlled substance or counterfeit controlled |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7substance. Any person who violates this subsection, or violates any regulation adopted by the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8Board of Registration in Pharmacy relative to the use or licensing of such equipment, shall be |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9guilty of a felony punishable by a sentence of not less than 1 year and not more than 5 years in |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10the state prison or county house of correction or by a fine of up to $25,000, or both such fine and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11imprisonment. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12 (2)The Board of Registration in Pharmacy shall adopt rules and regulations for |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13standards of compliance for the use of and licensing of pill press machines for the legal use of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14the any of the said devices in this section. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15 (3)The Board of Registration in Pharmacy may require registration of pill presses or |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16similar equipment to be promulgated by the Board. |
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