HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3741        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3576

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Marjorie C. Decker

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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 requiring licensed gun owners to submit a yearly affidavit.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/16/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

2/24/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

2/27/2019

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/25/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

2/1/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/28/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/22/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

3/1/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3741        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3576

By Ms. Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3576) of Marjorie C. Decker and others for legislation to require licensed gun owners to submit yearly affidavits.  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 requiring licensed gun owners to submit a yearly affidavit.

 

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

SECTION 1. Paragraph (8) of section 129B of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “information”, in line 299, the following words: – or who fails to annually notify the licensing authority pursuant to paragraph (11A).

SECTION 2. Said section 129B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after paragraph 10 the following paragraph:–

(11A) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (9), a cardholder shall annually verify by written notice, in the form of a sworn affidavit or declaration to the licensing authority that issued such card, that the cardholder has not lost a firearm or had a firearm stolen from the cardholder's possession since the date of the cardholder's last renewal or issuance.

SECTION 3. Subsection (h) of said section 131, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “information”, in line 399, the following words:– or who fails to annually notify the licensing authority pursuant to subsection (l).

SECTION 4. Subsection (l) of section 131 of said chapter 140, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:– The holder of each such license to carry a firearm shall annually verify  by written notice, in the form of a sworn affidavit or declaration to the licensing authority that issued such license, that the license holder has not lost a firearm or had a firearm stolen from the license holder's possession since the date of the license holder's last renewal or issuance.