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The Commonwealth of ______

PRESENTED BY:

John V. Fernandes ______

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 the trafficking of Fentanyl. ______

PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: John V. Fernandes 10th Worcester Attorney General Maura Healey One Ashburton Place, , MA Peter V. Kocot 1st Hampshire 2nd Middlesex 14th Middlesex F. Jay Barrows 1st Bristol Paul Brodeur 32nd Middlesex Thomas J. Calter 12th Plymouth 15th Essex James M. Cantwell 4th Plymouth Gailanne M. Cariddi 1st Berkshire 2nd Norfolk Edward F. Coppinger 10th Suffolk Claire D. Cronin 11th Plymouth Michael S. Day 31st Middlesex Stephen L. DiNatale 3rd Worcester Diana DiZoglio 14th Essex Daniel M. Donahue 16th Worcester

1 of 4 Eileen M. Donoghue First Middlesex James J. Dwyer 30th Middlesex Carolyn C. Dykema 8th Middlesex Jennifer L. Flanagan Worcester and Middlesex Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex Anne M. Gobi Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex Carlos Gonzalez 10th Hampden Danielle W. Gregoire 4th Middlesex Louis L. Kafka 8th Norfolk John F. Keenan Norfolk and Plymouth 11th Middlesex Robert M. Koczera 11th Bristol Kevin J. Kuros 8th Worcester Eric P. Lesser First Hampden and Hampshire Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex David Paul Linsky 5th Middlesex Marc T. Lombardo 22nd Middlesex Joan B. Lovely Second Essex 1st Suffolk Timothy R. Madden Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket John J. Mahoney 13th Worcester Elizabeth A. Malia 11th Suffolk Christopher M. Markey 9th Bristol Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. 28th Middlesex Paul McMurtry 11th Norfolk James R. Miceli 19th Middlesex Shaunna L. O'Connell 3rd Bristol Kathleen O'Connor Ives First Essex Sarah K. Peake 4th Barnstable William Smitty Pignatelli 4th Berkshire Elizabeth A. Poirier 14th Bristol 27th Middlesex Jeffrey N. Roy 10th Norfolk Daniel J. Ryan 2nd Suffolk Thomas M. Stanley 9th Middlesex William M. Straus 10th Bristol 7th Essex John C. Velis 4th Hampden

2 of 4 David T. Vieira 3rd Barnstable Daniel A. Wolf Cape and Islands

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

______In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court (2015-2016) ______

An Act relative to the trafficking of Fentanyl.

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. Section 32E of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014

2 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following subsection:-

3 (d) Any person who trafficks in fentanyl, or any derivative thereof, by knowingly or

4 intentionally manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with intent to manufacture,

5 distribute, dispense, or by bringing into the commonwealth a net weight of more than 10 grams

6 of fentanyl or any derivative thereof or any mixture containing more than 10 grams of fentanyl or

7 any derivate thereof shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in state prison for not more

8 than 20 years.

9 SECTION 2. Said section 32E of said chapter 94C is hereby further amended by striking

10 out in line 120, the figure ‘(d)’ and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (e).

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