“Without exaggeration, we are living through the largest unregulated extraction of information in the history of civilization,” said Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, of Pittsfield, on the House floor.
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If it clears the Senate and is signed into law, the bill would take effect Monday, June 8 and expire Friday, July 31, and enable bars to push last call to 3 a.m. “subject to approval of the local licensing authority.”
The House’s top Republican described the controversial bill as an ” sandwich with extra pickles.”
Another series of twists arrived in the audit-the-Legislature saga as the Senate voted to provide some documents while insisting that their move in no way concedes that Diana DiZoglio has a constitutional right to probe lawmakers.
Don’t expect a tidy resolution now that the state’s highest court has stamped an initial mark on the auditor’s long-running crusade to probe the House and Senate.
One bill would ban anyone in Massachusetts from manufacturing, selling, possessing or operating a robotic device equipped with a weapon. Violators would face mandatory prison sentences of between 18 months and five years, with tougher penalties for repeat offenses.