MA Legislative Updates

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 15, 2016….Four days after Massachusetts hospital industry officials said legalizing marijuana for general adult use is the “wrong prescription,” the state’s sheriffs declared they’re against the proposed law too, and in the process drew a sharp rebuke from the pro-marijuana campaign for making “regressive, 1930s-era” arguments.

The proposed ballot law would authorize individuals 21 and over to possess up to one ounce of marijuana outside of their home and up to ten ounces of marijuana in their ...

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 10, 2016….People accused of stealing items worth between $250 to $1,500 would no longer be charged with felonies in Massachusetts, under a bill passed by the Senate Thursday.

The legislation raising the threshold at which a misdemeanor becomes a felony to $1,500 for larceny, fraudulent use of credit cards, malicious destruction of property and buying or receiving stolen goods, is intended to make it easier for offenders to “get their lives back on track” after a conviction, ...