Senate passes bill to strengthen laws that regulate bombs and bomb-making materials
June 3, 2010 - As a result of a recent Massachusetts Appeals Court Decision (COMMONWEALTH v CARTER), Senator Steven A. Baddour (D-Methuen) filed a bill (SB2468 - An Act Strengthening the Laws Related to the Regulation of Explosives) to clarify the state's statute around bombs and bomb-making devices. Working closely with the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and the Commonwealth's Department of Fire Safety, the bill provides law enforcement the tools necessary to prosecute cases in which they've uncovered large amounts of bomb-making materials by bringing the law of the Commonwealth in line with federal law. For more information, click on the following:
