HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1843 FILED ON: 2/12/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2438
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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 | 2/12/2021 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 2/26/2021 |
Dylan A. Fernandes | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | 5/14/2021 |
Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands | 5/16/2021 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1843 FILED ON: 2/12/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2438
By Ms. Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2438) of Marjorie C. Decker and David M. Rogers for legislation to require licensed gun owners to submit yearly affidavits. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3576 OF 2019-2020.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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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 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “information”, in line 302, 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 section 131 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “information”, in line 401, 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.