Amendment #185 to H3800

Firearms Licensing Administrative Task Force

Mr. Smola of Warren moves to amend the bill by adding the following section: “SECTION XXXX. There is hereby established a Firearms Licensing Administrative Task Force to consist of: the commissioner of Department of Criminal Justice Informational Services or a designee; 1 person selected by the Gun Owners’ Action League, Inc.; 1 person selected by the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association; the Colonel of the Department of the State Police or a designee; The commissioner of the Department of Mental Health or a designee. The task force shall study and report on modernizing and streamlining the firearms licensing process within the Commonwealth. 

The task force shall be provided with quarters in the state house or elsewhere and may: (i) expend for expenses and for expert, legal, clerical and other assistance such sums as may be appropriated therefor; (ii) travel within the commonwealth; and (iii) hold hearings. Private or executive meetings of the task force shall be open to the public unless a majority of the members of the task force shall vote otherwise. A notice of each such meeting shall be filed with the clerk of either branch, and the notice or a copy thereof shall be publicly posted in the office of such clerk at least 24 hours prior to such meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.

The task force shall report the results of its study, together with drafts of legislation, if any, necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing the report with the clerks of the House of Representatives and Senate and the office of the governor on or before December 1, 2019. The clerks of the house of representatives and senate shall forward the report to the chairs of the joint committee on public safety.”.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #185 to H3800

Firearms Licensing Administrative Task Force