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

 

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

 

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

 

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

 

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

 

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

 

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

 

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

 

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

 

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

 

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

 

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

 

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

 

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

 

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

 

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

 

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

 

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

 

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

 

Eileen M. Donoghue

First Middlesex

 

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

 

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

 


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.