HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1290        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1283

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David Paul Linsky

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to universal background checks for private gun sales.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/18/2017

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/18/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/18/2017

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/18/2017

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/18/2017

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/18/2017

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

1/18/2017

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/18/2017

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/18/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/18/2017

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

1/18/2017

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/18/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

1/18/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Eileen M. Donoghue

First Middlesex

1/18/2017

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/18/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1290        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1283

By Mr. Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1283) of David Paul Linsky and others relative to universal background checks for private gun sales.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to universal background checks for private gun sales.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 128A of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following 3 sentences:- Any sale or transfer conducted under this section shall comply with section 131E and shall take place at the location of a dealer licensed under section 122, who shall transmit the information required by this section for the purchases and sales by utilizing the Massachusetts Gun Transaction Portal established by the Massachusetts Department of Criminal Justice Information Services. A licensed dealer may charge the seller a fee not to exceed $25 for each sale or transfer electronically submitted on behalf of the seller to the Massachusetts Gun Transaction Portal.  Whoever knowingly sells or transfers a firearm in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ten years in state prison or two and one-half years in the house of correction.