Amendment ID: S2572-15-R1

Redraft Amendment 15

Data Sharing Commission

Ms. Moran, Messrs. O'Connor, Gomez, Moore, Tarr and Pacheco, Ms. Rausch and Mr. Keenan move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 37 the following section:-

SECTION 37A. (a) There shall be a commission to study, investigate and make recommendations on improvements to firearm data collection, maintenance, access and analysis, including, but not limited to: (i) changes to existing state and local data collection efforts reflecting the updated serialization requirements set forth in this act; (ii) non-retail transfers of ownership or possession of firearms, rifles, shotguns or completed or unfinished frames or receivers; (iii) licensed firearm dealer reporting of sales or transfers of parts of firearms, rifles or shotguns; (iv) data sharing practices between federal, state and local agencies; (v) data access for licensing authorities as defined in section 121 of chapter 140 of the General Laws related to processing applications for firearm identification cards or licenses to carry firearms; (vi) data access for said licensing authorities to assist in determining whether activity involving the holder of a firearm identification card or license to carry may render said holder a prohibited or unsuitable person pursuant to sections 129B or 131 of  said chapter 140; and (vii) consolidation and clarification of existing data reporting statutes, including, but not limited to, sections 123, 128A and 129C of said chapter 140.

(b) The commission shall consist of: the secretary of public safety and security or a designee, who shall serve as co-chair; the attorney general or a designee, who shall serve as co-chair; the chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary or their designees; the chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security or their designees; 1 member appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; 1 member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; the colonel of the state police or a designee; the commissioner of  criminal justice information services or a designee; the commissioner of public health or a designee; the commissioner of children and families or a designee; 1 member appointed by the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association; the president of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Inc. or a designee; the executive director of  the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts, Inc. or a designee; the deputy director of the Massachusetts Public Health Association or a designee; and 3 members appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a police chief from a rural community  selected from a list of 3 nominees from the president of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association Incorporated, 1 of whom shall be a police chief from an urban or suburban community  selected from a list of 3 nominees from the president of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association Incorporated and 1 of whom shall be an expert in data collection and analytics.

(c) The commission shall submit a report, together with any legislative or regulatory recommendations, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the house of representatives and senate not later than August 1, 2025.