HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 736        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2153

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Susannah M. Whipps

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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 previously licensed gun owners.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

1/14/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/29/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 736        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2153

By Ms. Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2153) of Susannah M. Whipps, David F. DeCoste and David Allen Robertson relative to previously licensed gun owners.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2512 OF 2017-2018.]

 

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 previously licensed gun owners.

 

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

Paragraph (1) of Section 129B of Chapter 140 is hereby amended by inserting a new subparagraph:-

 

(xii) Any person being a resident of the Commonwealth that lawfully held a firearm identification card prior to the enactment of chapter 180 of the acts of 1998 shall be entitled to apply for and receive a renewal of said card provided the person has not committed a prohibitive act since the enactment of chapter 180 of the acts of 1998.

 

Paragraph (d) of section 131 of chapter 140 is hereby amended by inserting a new subparagraph:-

 

(xi) Any person being a resident of the Commonwealth that lawfully held a license to carry firearms prior to the enactment of chapter 180 of the acts of 1998 shall be entitled to apply for and receive a renewal of said license provided the person has not committed a prohibitive act since the enactment of chapter 180 of the acts of 1998.