SENATE DOCKET, NO. 949 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1009
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patricia D. Jehlen
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to plant medicine.
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PETITION OF:
NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS:
Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex
Erika Uyterhoeven 27th Middlesex 3/21/2023
Joan B. Lovely Second Essex 1/24/2024
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 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 949 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1009
By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1009) of Patricia D. Jehlen for
legislation relative to plant medicine. The Judiciary.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to plant medicine.
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. Chapter 94C of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2020 Official
2 Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 49 the following new section-:
3 Section 50: Entheogenic Plants and Fungi
4 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all of the following shall be
5 lawful for a natural person 18 years of age or older and shall not be a violation of state or local
6 law:
7 The possession, ingestion, obtaining, growing, giving away without financial gain to
8 natural persons 18 years of age or older, and transportation of no more than two grams of
9 psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine, and mescaline, excluding the weight of any
10 material such as water, plant and fungi material of which the substance is a part or to which the
11 substance is added, dissolved, held in solution, or suspended.
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12 “Financial gain” shall mean the receipt of money or other valuable consideration in
13 exchange for the item being shared.
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