HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 867 FILED ON: 1/13/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1763
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Cleon H. Turner
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act regulating marijuana possession in schools, businesses and public location
s.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Brian P. Wallace
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4th Suffolk
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Todd M. Smola
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1st Hampden
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Anne M. Gobi
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5th Worcester
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John D. Keenan
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7th Essex
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Jennifer M. Callahan
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18th Worcester
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Colleen M. Garry
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36th Middlesex
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Geraldo Alicea
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6th Worcester
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Jennifer L. Flanagan
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Worcester and Middlesex
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Allen J. McCarthy
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7th Plymouth
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Richard J. Ross
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9th Norfolk
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Mary E. Grant
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6th Essex
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act regulating marijuana possession in schools, businesses and public locations.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1.
Notwithstanding any law or special law to the contrary, school committees, employers and people in charge of places
open to the public shall be free to make rules and regulations prohibiting the use or possession of any amounts of marijuana on school grounds, places of employment and places open to the public.