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Proposed Massachusetts Firearm Legislation H2092

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Relative to universal background checks for private gun sales

Description: Relative to universal background checks for private gun sales. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Session: 191st General Court

Last Action: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Last Action Date: February 24, 2020

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

39 sponsors: David Linsky (D); Jack Lewis (D); Ruth Balser (D); Christine Barber (D); Michael Barrett (D); Michelle Ciccolo (D); Julian Cyr (D); Michael Day (D); Marjorie Decker (D); Mindy Domb (D); William Driscoll (D); Lori Ehrlich (D); James Eldridge (D); Dylan Fernandes (D); Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D); Sean Garballey (D); Denise Garlick (D); Carmine Gentile (D); Kenneth Gordon (D); Danielle Gregoire (D); Jonathan Hecht (D); Bradley Jones (R); Mary Keefe (D); James Kelcourse (R); Kay Khan (D); Adrian Madaro (D); Elizabeth Malia (D); Paul McMurtry (D); Liz Miranda (D); Michael Moran (D); Alice Peisch (D); Rebecca Rausch (D); Maria Robinson (D); David Rogers (D); Daniel Ryan (D); Jon Santiago (D); Andres Vargas (D); Aaron Vega (D); Tommy Vitolo (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 24% (39 of 160)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 24, 2020 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
Aug 22, 2019 Hearing rescheduled to 08/28/2019 from 10:00 AM-03:00 PM in A-2
Aug 8, 2019 Hearing scheduled for 08/28/2019 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-2
House Jan 22, 2019 Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Senate Jan 22, 2019 Senate concurred
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Feb 26, 2019 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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