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House will be in order.

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Question is on passing the
bill of be engrossed pending

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with Mr. Linsky of Natick
offers an amendment

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in the hands of the clerk.

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Clerk will read the amendment.

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Amendment number
one has changed.

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Mr. Linsky of Natick moves
to amend the bill by adding

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the following three sections.

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Chapter 140 of the general
laws is hereby amended

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by inserting after
section 131q as appearing

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in the 2016 official edition
the following section.

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If there will be no
objection, the clerk

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will dispense with the
reading of the paper.

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The chair has none.

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Chair now recognizes
Mr. Linsky of Natick.

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As the gentleman
approaches the microphone,

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the chair will respectfully
ask the members

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to please take your seats,
subdue your conversation.

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Chair recognizes Mr.
Linsky of Natick.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and
through you to the members.

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When this matter is
called for a vote,

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I'd ask that it be called by
a call of the yeas and nays.

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Mr. Linsky asks
when the matter is

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taken, it be taken by a
call of the yeas and nays.

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Those joining with
then will rise.

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Them monitors with
return the count.

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First division, 12.

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Second division,
second division--

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10.

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10.

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Sufficient number have risen.

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Matter will be taken with
call of yeas and nays.

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Chair recognizes Mr.
Linsky of Natick.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and
through you to the members.

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Mr. Speaker, I am offering
an amendment today

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that will continue to make the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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the safest state
out of the 50 states

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in the union with the lowest
rate of gun violence out

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of all of the 50 states.

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Mr. Speaker, this
country faced a tragedy

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of unspeakable
proportions last week

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when 58 innocent
people lost their lives

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in Las Vegas and more than 500
more were seriously wounded.

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Following that,
this body, which has

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a record of being a national
leader in gun violence

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prevention, conducted
a study of our statutes

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to see whether or not a
particular device that

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was attached to a semi-automatic
weapon in Las Vegas

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called a bump stock was
legal under the laws

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of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts

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and legal under the laws of
the United States of America.

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Unfortunately, this
particular device,

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which is designed to increase
the rate of discharge

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of an otherwise legal
semi-automatic weapon

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to mimic that rate of discharge
of an automatic weapon

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is in fact legal under the
laws of both the Commonwealth

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and the laws of
the United States.

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We, as a civilized society,
cannot allow this type

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of device to be
in private hands.

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This particular device,
known as a bump stock,

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or other similar
devices that are

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used to alter an otherwise
legal rifle, shotgun,

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or firearm to increase
the rate of discharge

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has one purpose and
one purpose only.

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That purpose is to
kill or to wound

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as many people as possible
in a short period of time.

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We have to draw
the line somewhere.

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Bills are now pending in
the United States Congress

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and in other states.

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But Massachusetts is once again
leading the way in gun violence

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prevention.

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We have an opportunity today by
the passage of this amendment,

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and then eventually the
enactment of this bill,

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to ban bump stocks and to
ban other similar devices.

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The statute that I am proposing
today would read as follows.

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"Whoever possesses,
owns, or offers for sale

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any device which attaches
to a rifle, shotgun,

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or firearm except a magazine
that is designed to increase

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the rate of discharge
of the rifle, shotgun,

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or firearm, whoever modifies
any rifle, shotgun, a firearm

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with the intent to increase
its rate of discharge

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shall be punished by
imprisonment in the state

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prison by not less than three
nor more than 20 years."

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Again, this type of device has
no place in civilized society.

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Today, by taking this action,
we in the Massachusetts House

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will be leading
the way once again.

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We in Massachusetts
should be proud of the way

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that we have handled
gun violence.

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We are proof that
strong gun laws work

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and that strong gun laws
reduce gun violence.

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In this country,
33,000 people a year

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die by firearm use,
93 people a day.

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That is a tragedy and it is a
statistic that we as a nation

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should be ashamed of.

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But here in Massachusetts,
we have consistently

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taken steps, led by this
House of Representatives,

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led by you, Mr. Speaker,
to reduce firearm violence

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as best as we possibly can.

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There is always
more that we can do.

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There are always loopholes
that we can fill.

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And today we are taking
an important step

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to fill a loophole.

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On another day, we may
do more, but today we

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have this opportunity.

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I'd ask that all of us join
in passing this amendment when

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this bill is enacted.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Question is on the amendment.

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Roll call having been
ordered, the roll call machine

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is now open, remain
open for three minutes.

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Court officers,
summon the members.

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Indicate a roll
call is in progress.

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[NO AUDIO]

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Under rule 49, court
officers will vote

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for Mr. Miceli of Wilmington.

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Clerk will make an announcement.

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The voting stations of
representatives Mariano

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of Quincy and Madaro
of Boston are locked.

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Have all members voted
who wish to do so?

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[NO AUDIO]

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Have all members voted?

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Time for voting has expired.

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The clerk will
display the tally.

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On this matter, 151 members
vote in the affirmative,

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three in the negative.

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The amendment passes.

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Ms. Dizoglio of Methuen
offers and amendment

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in the hands of the clerk.

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Clerk will read the amendment.

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Amendment number two,
Representatives Dizoglio

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of Methuen and Hunt
of Sandwich move

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to amend the bill by adding
the following section.

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Subsection B of section 14 of
chapter 94g of the general laws

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as appearing as amended by
chapter 55 of the Acts of 2017

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is hereby amended--

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If there be no
objection, the clerk

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will dispense with the
reading of the paper.

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The chair has none.

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Question on the amendment.

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The chair recognizes
Ms. Dizoglio of Methuen.

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Court officers,
clear the aisles.

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Members will please
take their seats.

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Members will take their seats
and subdue the conversation.

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Please clear the aisles.

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Chair will respectfully ask
the members to take their seats

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and subdue their conversation.

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The chair recognizes
Ms. Dizoglio of Methuen.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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I rise today in support
of house amendment number

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two, Mr. Speaker.

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And I want to thank
you for your leadership

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on expressing your
support to this membership

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and to the Commonwealth the
idea of putting our money where

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our mouths are when it
comes to substance misuse

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and anti-addiction efforts.

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Just a few months ago in
March, I was so pleased, so

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very pleased that you announced,
Mr. Speaker, at the greater

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Boston Chamber of Commerce
to business leaders

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across the Commonwealth that you
wanted to use the tax revenue

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garnered through marijuana
sales in Massachusetts

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to combat the state's
opioid epidemic.

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Now for the benefit
of the members who

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didn't get to attend that event
or read about the Speaker's

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remarks, I have them
right here for you just

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so we're all on the same page.

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Speaker said, "We have
a rare opportunity

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to deploy a new
tactic to fight what

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has become the
fastest growing killer

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of young adults and other
Massachusetts residents.

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Aided by the state
proceeds of marijuana,

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we will create the
substance addiction

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fund dedicated to addiction
and recovery efforts."

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Mr. Speaker, I want to say
thank you for those words.

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I'm up here today to
encourage its membership

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to support those words and
that effort, Mr. Speaker.

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Because the reality is when
the marijuana bill came

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to this floor for a vote the
first time, we in the House

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voted for the provision to fund
that substance addiction fund.

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We tried to get that funding
included in the House

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version of the bill, but
when the final version

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of the bill reported out
by the conferees came out,

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it included no language
whatsoever that guaranteed

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funding to a substance
addiction fund of any kind.

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Now I know many of the
members of this House

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were as shocked as I was to read
the final version of the bill

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and find no dedicated
revenue to this fund,

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as that fund really was
the main reason we gave

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the general public about why
we had to have such a tax

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rate on marijuana sales
to begin with, right.

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Now I know that we
voted in the House

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before this bill went
to conference committee

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to allocate millions towards
this substance addiction fund.

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with specific monies
dedicated to Massachusetts

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public schools for the purpose
of intervention, prevention,

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and education efforts.

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And I want to thank the members
of this House for that vote.

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Unfortunately, when those
provisions that we all

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voted to support were
stripped of the bill

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during conference committee,
we didn't see them

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in the final
version of the bill.

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For what purpose, Mr.
Speaker, I still don't know.

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But when the bill came
back to this chamber,

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all of the funding
that we said we

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were going to allocate towards
addiction recovery efforts

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was made subject
to appropriation

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and directed to
the general fund.

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And guys, we know what
that means, right?

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It means the funding we said
we were going to guarantee

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goes towards substance abuse
is now not guaranteed at all.

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It will now, instead,
be determined

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by whoever happens to be in
leadership in any given year.

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If the funding is available
if leadership at that time

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chooses to appropriate that
funding to these causes,

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then we may see some
of that funding.

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If not, then we don't.

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Again, this is because that
funding during conference

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committee was made
subject to appropriation

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and directed marijuana
revenue to the general fund

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with zero dollars invested in
the substance addiction fund.

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Friends, this is still the most
prevalent, vile, despicable,

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life ruining issue ravaging
families across the nation.

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How can we be OK with
implementing the legalization

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of marijuana with no funding
guaranteed toward addiction

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services of any kind
while we're still

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in the middle of a substance
misuse epidemic that's

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now America's leading cause
of death for people under 50?

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And speaking of 50, that's
the amount in millions

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that we dedicated toward
the substance addiction

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fund when we first
voted on this bill.

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Now when I questioned why all
of that money for that fund

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was completely deleted when
the bill that we first voted on

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came back from
conference committee,

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I was told by leadership that
the tax percentage on marijuana

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changed from 28% in
the House version

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to 20% and the final version.

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So because of that
difference, we

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couldn't allocate any money now
towards the substance addiction

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fund.

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Mr. Speaker, that
is unacceptable.

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I'd like to know how
in the gaming bill

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we were able to make sure
that 5% of generated revenues

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from gambling goes towards
addiction services.

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But in the middle of the worst
drug epidemic in history,

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we can't dedicate any funding
towards addiction efforts?

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The final bill that
we passed still

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sets the marijuana
tax rate at 20%,

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that's eight percentage
points higher

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than what the voters
approved on the ballot.

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And what we told voters we
were suggesting the higher tax

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rate for was because we
desperately needed the funding

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for the overwhelming need
for treatment, recovery,

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intervention, prevention
services surrounding addiction.

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So this amendment that
I'm offering today

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accounts for the
change in that tax rate

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while still allocating a
significant amount of revenue

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towards addiction services.

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The proposal I'm offering
today offers $30 million

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or 15% of the total
generated revenue

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go toward a substance
addiction fund with $5 million

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or 2.5% going
towards Massachusetts

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public schools and their
efforts to combat addiction.

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And I want to remind everybody,
this provision for our schools

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was supported by the Mass
Teachers Association,

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the American
Federation of Teachers,

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the Massachusetts Association
of School Superintendents,

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the Massachusetts Association
of School Committees.

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It's time for us to back
up our words with action.

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Mr. Speaker, we have
a very important issue

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coming up on the ballot
next fall which I support.

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And that issue is the
fair share tax amendment.

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Our constituents who are on
the fence about that proposal

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say that while they're
supportive of the idea

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of a new revenue source for
education and transportation,

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that they're deeply concerned
that this body won't actually

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allocate the funding towards
education and transportation

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once the bill makes its way
from the ballot to this chamber.

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So I say to my colleagues
today, we have an opportunity.

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We have a unique opportunity.

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Or as you said Mr.
Speaker about this issue,

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we have a rare opportunity
to prove to the voters

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that we mean what we say.

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To get this issue squared away,
to get our tax policy right

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before recreational
marijuana sales really

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begin here in Massachusetts.

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Now I know a lot of
people in this chamber

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wanted that substance addiction
fund included in the marijuana

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proposal.

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And although you supported
and voted for the marijuana

00:21:50.560 --> 00:21:52.810 align:middle line:84%
proposal for the
comprehensive bill,

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you very much wanted
this funding included.

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Well, here's your opportunity
to support that provision.

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Mr. Speaker, I hope
with all my heart

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that this lifesaving amendment
is adopted and then fought

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for this time and included in
the conference committee report

00:22:10.704 --> 00:22:12.870 align:middle line:84%
so that we don't have to
keep bringing this issue up

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every time there's
an opportunity.

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Because I will be
relentless in my fight

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for the funding for this fund.

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The cost of doing nothing is far
more expensive than the costs

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of implementing this proposal.

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When a vote is called, I ask
for a call of the yeas and nays.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Mrs. Dizoglio asks
when the matter

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is taken it be taken by
a call of yeas and nays.

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Those joining with
them will rise.

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Monitors will return the count.

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First division.

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One.

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One.

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Second division, 24.

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Sufficient number have arisen.

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When matter is taken, be taken
by a call of the yeas and nays.

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Chair recognizes Mr. Hunt.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and
through you to everyone here.

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I also rise in support
of this amendment.

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And I'm very pleased to
work with my colleague

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from Methuen to get this done.

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I've been asked three questions
that I want to address.

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One of those is how
do we get our arms

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around this opiate
addiction scourge?

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It's a huge question.

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We've been asking this
for a number of years.

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We've done a lot of
things, including

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:51.670 align:middle line:84%
an omnibus bill last year
in March to deal with this.

00:23:51.670 --> 00:23:54.670 align:middle line:90%


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But from my
perspective, I think we

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need to look at this
from 100,000 feet

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and say we need to go upstream.

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We need to deal with our kids,
our students in the schools.

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We need to put more effort
into prevention and education

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:23.060 align:middle line:84%
and early intervention so
that all of those people

00:24:23.060 --> 00:24:26.380 align:middle line:84%
will not get to the
point where we're

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:30.730 align:middle line:84%
dealing with the cost
of addiction treatment.

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That's how we get
our arms around this.

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Similar to what happened with
tobacco on a national basis,

00:24:39.870 --> 00:24:41.700 align:middle line:84%
there is a stream
of funding that

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:45.870 align:middle line:84%
came out of the federal
court decision that

00:24:45.870 --> 00:24:50.880 align:middle line:90%
was generational in time.

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:53.530 align:middle line:90%
And it worked.

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It was a dedicated
pool of funding that we

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:59.410 align:middle line:90%
could use for education.

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In a very odd way I
saw the results of one

00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:09.860 align:middle line:84%
of these surveys that was done
at a high school on Cape Cod

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:13.410 align:middle line:84%
where the children there,
the kids, the teenagers,

00:25:13.410 --> 00:25:17.470 align:middle line:84%
these were high
school kids, said

00:25:17.470 --> 00:25:24.010 align:middle line:84%
that they felt that smoking
cigarettes, tobacco cigarettes

00:25:24.010 --> 00:25:28.330 align:middle line:84%
was more dangerous than
grabbing a random pill out

00:25:28.330 --> 00:25:31.850 align:middle line:90%
of the bowl at a rave party.

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Now I bring that
up because we're

00:25:34.520 --> 00:25:38.420 align:middle line:84%
doing a pretty good job on
the tobacco message, not so

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:41.990 align:middle line:90%
good job on the rest of this.

00:25:41.990 --> 00:25:45.660 align:middle line:84%
But to be able to deal with
this for the next 20 years,

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:49.980 align:middle line:84%
we need to have a dedicated
source of funding that is not

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:53.220 align:middle line:84%
subject to the whims
of the budget debate

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:56.880 align:middle line:84%
that we have every
year, but is guaranteed.

00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:00.630 align:middle line:84%
This bill, this
amendment will do that.

00:26:00.630 --> 00:26:03.060 align:middle line:90%
And it won't overspend.

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In case anybody
objects to this saying

00:26:05.040 --> 00:26:08.460 align:middle line:84%
we don't know how much
money is coming in,

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.450 align:middle line:90%
that's not a problem.

00:26:09.450 --> 00:26:16.210 align:middle line:84%
Because it's the lower of the
percentage or $30 million.

00:26:16.210 --> 00:26:22.540 align:middle line:84%
So 15% of a million dollars
that comes in is only $150,000.

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We think that the revenue
that will come in from this

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:28.330 align:middle line:84%
is somewhere between
$100 and $200 million.

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Which brings me to
the second question.

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And that is, how can
I make sense of that?

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What is $100 or $150
or $200 million?

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How can I measure that?

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The ABCC that has a lot more
outlets that they have to deal

00:26:48.370 --> 00:26:55.870 align:middle line:84%
with has an annual budget of
$2 1/2 million and they have 30

00:26:55.870 --> 00:26:56.680 align:middle line:90%
employees.

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:59.540 align:middle line:90%


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Now the issues about
recreational marijuana

00:27:02.990 --> 00:27:08.510 align:middle line:84%
and medical marijuana
may be more complicated,

00:27:08.510 --> 00:27:10.200 align:middle line:84%
but to give you
that perspective,

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:13.580 align:middle line:84%
we're spending $2 1/2 million
a year for the entire activity

00:27:13.580 --> 00:27:14.225 align:middle line:90%
of the ABCC.

00:27:14.225 --> 00:27:19.790 align:middle line:90%


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That brings me to
the third question,

00:27:21.830 --> 00:27:24.120 align:middle line:90%
and I'll close with this.

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If someone objects to how we're
dealing with this funding,

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.360 align:middle line:90%
that it's an unknown.

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:38.610 align:middle line:90%


00:27:38.610 --> 00:27:46.660 align:middle line:84%
$100 to $200 million
cannot possibly be spent--

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:51.010 align:middle line:84%
and I say that with a little
bit of a tongue in cheek--

00:27:51.010 --> 00:27:54.010 align:middle line:84%
by the Cannabis Control
Commission and the people

00:27:54.010 --> 00:27:56.110 align:middle line:84%
they are going to
hire around them.

00:27:56.110 --> 00:27:58.780 align:middle line:84%
I think it is very safe
to say we could spend

00:27:58.780 --> 00:28:01.940 align:middle line:90%
15% of the money that comes in.

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:06.570 align:middle line:84%
It's well within what
the budget would allow.

00:28:06.570 --> 00:28:10.050 align:middle line:84%
And I urge everybody to
vote for this amendment

00:28:10.050 --> 00:28:13.200 align:middle line:84%
so that we can put this
particular issue to rest.

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:15.510 align:middle line:84%
And hopefully in a
generation, we'll

00:28:15.510 --> 00:28:18.780 align:middle line:84%
have our arms around the
issue and we can finally

00:28:18.780 --> 00:28:22.050 align:middle line:84%
say that that was
just a bad memory.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Roll call having been
ordered, the roll call machine

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:29.190 align:middle line:84%
is now open, remain
open for two minutes.

00:28:29.190 --> 00:28:31.080 align:middle line:84%
Court officers,
summon the members.

00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:32.750 align:middle line:84%
Indicate a roll
call is in progress.

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Ms. Malia of Boston asked
the unanimous consent

00:28:46.150 --> 00:28:47.930 align:middle line:84%
to be recorded on
the last roll call.

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Chair objection?

00:28:48.650 --> 00:28:49.350 align:middle line:90%
Chair has none.

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On roll call number 267,
Elizabeth Malia, yes.

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[NO AUDIO]

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Have all members voted
who wish to vote so?

00:32:05.230 --> 00:32:16.260 align:middle line:90%


00:32:16.260 --> 00:32:18.030 align:middle line:84%
Have all members voted
who wish to do so?

00:32:18.030 --> 00:32:23.814 align:middle line:90%


00:32:23.814 --> 00:32:26.400 align:middle line:90%
Have all members voted?

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.960 align:middle line:90%
Time for voting has expired.

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On this matter, 40 members
voted in the affirmative,

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:32.230 align:middle line:90%
107 the negative.

00:32:32.230 --> 00:32:34.327 align:middle line:90%
The amendment is not adopted.

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Question now is in passing
the bill be engrossed pending

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:39.480 align:middle line:84%
with Mr. Jones of North
Reading offers an amendment

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.580 align:middle line:90%
in the hands of the clerk.

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:41.990 align:middle line:90%
Clerk will read the amendment.

00:32:41.990 --> 00:32:49.190 align:middle line:90%


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Amendment number
five has changed.

00:32:51.310 --> 00:32:53.797 align:middle line:84%
Representative Jones of North
Reading, Hill of Ipswitch,

00:32:53.797 --> 00:32:55.880 align:middle line:84%
Poirier of North Attleborough,
Gifford of Wareham,

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:58.670 align:middle line:84%
Frost of Auburn,
Smola of Warren move

00:32:58.670 --> 00:33:00.770 align:middle line:84%
to further amend
that the bill be

00:33:00.770 --> 00:33:05.510 align:middle line:84%
amended by inserting
after section 17

00:33:05.510 --> 00:33:07.400 align:middle line:90%
the following new section.

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Section 17a, section two of
chapter 47 in the Acts of 2017

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is hereby further amended
by inserting after item 0521

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triple aught 1--

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If there be no
objection, the clerk

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will dispense with
reading of the paper.

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The chair has none.

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Chair recognizes Mr.
Jones of North Reading.

00:33:23.576 --> 00:33:24.950 align:middle line:84%
Once again, the
members are asked

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to please take their
seats, pay attention

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to the gentleman
at the microphone.

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Chair recognizes Mr.
Jones of North Reading.

00:33:31.690 --> 00:33:34.556 align:middle line:84%
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and
through you to the members.

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I have--

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Chair apologizes to the
gentlemen at the microphone.

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Court officers clear the aisles.

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Clear the aisles.

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Can we subdue our conversation.

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Chair recognizes Mr.
Jones of North Reading.

00:33:59.812 --> 00:34:01.770 align:middle line:84%
Thank you, Mr. Speaker,
and through to members.

00:34:01.770 --> 00:34:04.126 align:middle line:84%
And I have offered
what I hope is a fairly

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straight forward amendment.

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And I appreciate the
work of the Committee

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:10.409 align:middle line:84%
on Ways and Means in
sort of perfecting it.

00:34:10.409 --> 00:34:13.380 align:middle line:84%
Last session we passed a law
to allow for early voting

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.929 align:middle line:90%
in the Commonwealth.

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And subsequent to that
passage of that law

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and the subsequent
election last November,

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the state auditor determined
that that constituted at least

00:34:24.690 --> 00:34:27.360 align:middle line:90%
in part an unfunded mandate.

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:32.310 align:middle line:84%
It identified an amount
of money about $720,000

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that needed to be set aside
to make our cities and towns

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whole.

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The legislature had appropriated
a portion of that money

00:34:38.850 --> 00:34:40.330 align:middle line:90%
at the time.

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So in working with the
Committee on Ways and Means,

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we've identified the delta, if
you will, which in this case

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:49.469 align:middle line:84%
is about $485,000 that
needs to be appropriated.

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Which when coupled
with the money

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that we had already
appropriated would

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make cities and towns whole.

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And we create a 60 day
window for cities and towns

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to essentially get their
invoices in, if you will,

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to be reimbursed for those costs
associated with early voting.

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Obviously, going
forward it'll have

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to be part of our debate of
our annual budget process.

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But this will at least
address the issues identified

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by the auditor's report that
early voting constituted

00:35:17.490 --> 00:35:19.410 align:middle line:90%
an unfunded mandate.

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So I appreciate the
cooperation and work

00:35:22.884 --> 00:35:24.300 align:middle line:84%
of the Committee
on Ways and Means

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to come up with an
amendment that I

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think addresses the issue.

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I would hope that when
the amendment is voted on,

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Mr. Speaker, it would be
voted on by a call of the yeas

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and nays.

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Mr. Jones of North
Reading asks when

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the matter is taken it be taken
by a call of yeas and nays.

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:38.499 align:middle line:90%
Those joining with them arise.

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Monitor return the count.

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First division, five.

00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:43.097 align:middle line:90%
Second division, 24.

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Sufficient number having arisen.

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When the matter is taken, taken
by a call of the yeas and nays.

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Roll call having been
ordered, the roll call machine

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is now open and remain
open for three minutes.

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Court officers,
summon the members.

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Indicate a roll
call is in progress.

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[NO AUDIO]

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Have all members voted
who wish to do so?

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[NO AUDIO]

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Have all members voted?

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[NO AUDIO]

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Have all members voted?

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[NO AUDIO]

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Have all members voted
who wish to do so?

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Time for voting is expired.

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The clerk will
display the tally.

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On this matter, 153 members
voted on the affirmative, none

00:39:05.690 --> 00:39:07.680 align:middle line:90%
in the negative.

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The amendment is adopted.

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Mr. Sanchez of Boston
offers a technical amendment

00:39:12.470 --> 00:39:13.805 align:middle line:90%
in the hands of the clerk.

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The clerk will read.

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Brief recess.

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[NO AUDIO]

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Mr. Sanchez of Boston
offers a technical amendment

00:39:35.312 --> 00:39:36.395 align:middle line:90%
in the hands of the clerk.

00:39:36.395 --> 00:39:38.631 align:middle line:84%
The clerk will read the
technical amendment.

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Amendment number 16,
Mr. Sanchez of Boston

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:47.800 align:middle line:84%
moves to amend the
bill in section two

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CI by inserting after the item
41 90 1100 the following item.

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Community colleges, 75
10 0 200 $1 million.

00:39:58.122 --> 00:39:59.580 align:middle line:84%
And moves to further
amend the bill

00:39:59.580 --> 00:40:03.440 align:middle line:84%
by striking out in
section 20 and item 14 10

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0 the following words.

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Brief recess.

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Clerk will reread the amendment.

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Amendment number 16 has changed.

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Mr. Sanchez of Boston moves to
amend the bill in section 2CI

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by inserting after item
41 90 1100 following--

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If there be no
objection, the clerk

00:41:08.230 --> 00:41:09.896 align:middle line:84%
will dispense with
reading of the paper.

00:41:09.896 --> 00:41:11.050 align:middle line:90%
The chair has none.

00:41:11.050 --> 00:41:15.046 align:middle line:84%
Mr. Sanchez of Boston
asked for a roll call vote.

00:41:15.046 --> 00:41:16.420 align:middle line:84%
Those joining with
him will rise.

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Question now on the
technical amendment.

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:25.026 align:middle line:90%
All those in favor, say aye.

00:41:25.026 --> 00:41:26.050 align:middle line:90%
All those opposed, no.

00:41:26.050 --> 00:41:26.940 align:middle line:90%
The ayes have it.

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:28.560 align:middle line:90%
Technical amendment is adopted.

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Question now is on passing
the bill to be engrossed.

00:41:33.450 --> 00:41:36.600 align:middle line:84%
Mr. Sanchez of Boston
asked for a roll call vote.

00:41:36.600 --> 00:41:38.009 align:middle line:84%
Those joining with
him will rise.

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Monitors will return the count.

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:41.910 align:middle line:90%
First division, 15.

00:41:41.910 --> 00:41:43.840 align:middle line:90%
Second division, 1.

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:45.760 align:middle line:84%
Sufficient number
having arisen, matter

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:48.170 align:middle line:84%
is taken by a call
of the yeas and nays.

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Roll call machine is now open,
remain open for three minutes.

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Mr. Linsky of Natick
asks unanimous consent

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to be recorded in the
last two roll calls.

00:42:01.874 --> 00:42:02.540 align:middle line:90%
Chair objection?

00:42:02.540 --> 00:42:03.350 align:middle line:90%
Chair has none.

00:42:03.350 --> 00:42:10.390 align:middle line:90%


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Roll call number
268, David Linsky no.

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And on roll call number
269, David Linsky yes.

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Chair would like to
inform the members

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:12.145 align:middle line:84%
that it anticipates no further
roll calls this afternoon.

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[NO AUDIO]

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Mr. Vega of Holyoake
asks unanimous consent

00:44:40.660 --> 00:44:42.500 align:middle line:84%
to be recorded in
the last roll call.

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:43.240 align:middle line:90%
Chair objection?

00:44:43.240 --> 00:44:43.960 align:middle line:90%
Chair has none.

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:51.780 align:middle line:84%
On roll call number
269, Aaron Vega, Yes.

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:53.280 align:middle line:90%
Have all members voted?

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:54.465 align:middle line:90%
Time for voting is expired.

00:44:54.465 --> 00:44:55.840 align:middle line:84%
The clerk will
display the tally.

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:58.590 align:middle line:84%
In this matter, 154 members
voted the affirmative, one

00:44:58.590 --> 00:44:59.650 align:middle line:90%
in the negative.

00:44:59.650 --> 00:45:01.452 align:middle line:84%
The bill is passed
to be engrossed.

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[NO AUDIO]

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00:45:28.050 --> 00:45:31.376 align:middle line:90%
Mr. Petrolati of Ludlow.

00:45:31.376 --> 00:45:33.675 align:middle line:90%
Calendar 188 on page 18.

00:45:33.675 --> 00:45:37.720 align:middle line:84%
Moves suspension of rules to
take up on page 18 calendar

00:45:37.720 --> 00:45:41.760 align:middle line:90%
item number 188.

00:45:41.760 --> 00:45:43.120 align:middle line:90%
All those in favor, say aye.

00:45:43.120 --> 00:45:44.290 align:middle line:90%
All those opposed, nay.

00:45:44.290 --> 00:45:45.660 align:middle line:90%
The ayes have it.

00:45:45.660 --> 00:45:48.437 align:middle line:90%
Rule 47 is suspended.

00:45:48.437 --> 00:45:49.520 align:middle line:90%
Third reading of the bill.

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An act establishing
a sick leave bank

00:45:55.530 --> 00:45:57.910 align:middle line:84%
for Amanda Rodrigues, an
employee of the trial court.

00:45:57.910 --> 00:46:01.840 align:middle line:90%


00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:04.100 align:middle line:84%
Question now is on passing
the bill to be engrosses.

00:46:04.100 --> 00:46:05.272 align:middle line:90%
All those in favor, say aye.

00:46:05.272 --> 00:46:06.230 align:middle line:90%
All those opposed, nay.

00:46:06.230 --> 00:46:07.410 align:middle line:90%
The ayes have it.

00:46:07.410 --> 00:46:09.790 align:middle line:84%
The bill is passed
to be engrossed.

00:46:09.790 --> 00:46:12.730 align:middle line:90%
[NO AUDIO]

00:46:12.730 --> 00:46:27.430 align:middle line:90%


00:46:27.430 --> 00:46:28.910 align:middle line:90%
Fair enough.

00:46:28.910 --> 00:46:30.500 align:middle line:84%
Mr. DeLeo of Winthrop
offers an order

00:46:30.500 --> 00:46:31.583 align:middle line:90%
in the hands of the clerk.

00:46:31.583 --> 00:46:33.654 align:middle line:90%
Clerk read the order.

00:46:33.654 --> 00:46:35.320 align:middle line:84%
Order that when the
House adjourns today

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:37.325 align:middle line:84%
it will adjourn early
tomorrow at 11:00 AM.

00:46:37.325 --> 00:46:39.200 align:middle line:84%
Question now is on the
adoption of the order.

00:46:39.200 --> 00:46:40.937 align:middle line:90%
All those in favor, say aye.

00:46:40.937 --> 00:46:41.895 align:middle line:90%
All those opposed, nay.

00:46:41.895 --> 00:46:42.750 align:middle line:90%
They ayes have it.

00:46:42.750 --> 00:46:43.625 align:middle line:90%
The order is adopted.

00:46:43.625 --> 00:46:47.297 align:middle line:90%


00:46:47.297 --> 00:46:49.130 align:middle line:84%
Mr. Frost of Auburn now
moves that the House

00:46:49.130 --> 00:46:49.850 align:middle line:90%
stands adjourned.

00:46:49.850 --> 00:46:51.332 align:middle line:90%
All those in favor say aye.

00:46:51.332 --> 00:46:52.290 align:middle line:90%
All those opposed, nay.

00:46:52.290 --> 00:46:53.510 align:middle line:90%
The ayes have it.

00:46:53.510 --> 00:46:55.700 align:middle line:84%
House stands adjourned to
meet tomorrow, Thursday,

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11 AM in an informal session.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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