HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 836        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2092

 

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

1/15/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/29/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/28/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

2/1/2019

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/28/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/29/2019

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/29/2019

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

1/24/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/31/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/1/2019

James M. Kelcourse

1st Essex

2/1/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/28/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Michael J. Moran

18th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/31/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/1/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/31/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Andres X. Vargas

3rd Essex

1/31/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

1/31/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/29/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 836        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2092

By Mr. Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2092) 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 Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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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:- 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 $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 20 years in state prison or two and one-half years in the house of correction.