SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2266

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Twenty-Four

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SENATE, July 14, 2014.

The committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1116) of Sonia Chang-Diaz  for legislation relative to the prevention of illegal trafficking and gun violence among youth in the Commonwealth; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1120) of Cynthia S. Creem, William N. Brownsberger, Ruth B. Balser and Kay Khan  for legislation to prevent illegal trafficking of firearms; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1126) of Cynthia S. Creem, William N. Brownsberger, Ruth B. Balser, Kay Khan and other members of the General Court  for legislation relative to firearms and firearms violence; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1131) of Eileen M. Donoghue, Gerard T. Leone, Jr., Middlesex District Attorney , James J. Dwyer, David Paul Linsky and other members of the General Court  for legislation to increase the penalties for the illegal possession of firearms; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1132) of Eileen M. Donoghue, Gerard T. Leone, Jr., Middlesex District Attorney, James J. Dwyer, Thomas M. Stanley and other members of the General Court  for legislation relative to dangerous weapons; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1140) of John F. Keenan, James E. Timilty and Randy Hunt  for legislation to require a firearms licensing authority to provide a receipt for firearm license applications.; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1143) of Michael R. Knapik and Eileen M. Donoghue  for legislation relative to firearm permits for retired law enforcement personnel.; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1156) of Derek Simpson  for legislation relative to  licenses to carry firearms and certain knives; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1157) of Richard T. Moore, Angelo L. D'Emilia, Michael O. Moore, Stephen L. DiNatale and other members of the General Court  for legislation to prohibit the confiscation of lawfully owned firearms during a state of emergency; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1159) of Richard T. Moore, Michael F. Rush, Angelo L. D'Emilia, Michael O. Moore and other members of the General Court  for legislation relative to deceptive weapons; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1160) of Richard T. Moore  for legislation relative to the surrender of firearms and ammunition to licensing authorities; (accompanied by resolution, Senate, No. 1161) of Walter Unruh  for legislation relative to firearm licensing; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1162) of Anthony W. Petruccelli, Thomas M. Menino, Carlo Basile, William N. Brownsberger and others  for legislation to further enhance public safety in the Commonwealth.; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1163) of Anthony W. Petruccelli  for legislation to create a GPS Locators in Firearms Study Commission; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1178) of James E. Timilty  for legislation to create separate criminal offenses for assault committed with a firearm; and (accompanied by resolve, Senate, No. 1198) of James E. Timilty, Daniel B. Winslow and Bruce E. Tarr  for legislation to provide for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to school safety, report the accompanying Order  (Senate, No. 2266).

For the committee,

James E. Timilty

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2266

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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Ordered, That the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security be authorized and directed to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents numbered 1116, 1120, 1126, 1131, 1132, 1140, 1143, 1156, 1157, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1178, and 1198 relative to public safety issues.