MA S1387

Bill

MA S1387

Relative to firearms and firearms violence

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to firearms and firearms violence. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

AI Summary

This bill proposes several key provisions: 1. It establishes the Firearms Violence Prevention Trust Fund, which will provide municipal grants to support violence prevention programs, with a focus on school resource officers, addressing youth exposure to violence, and training police in handling incidents involving mental illness. 2. It imposes a 4.75% surcharge on the sale and use of ammunition, rifles, shotguns, firearms, and their parts, with the revenue from this surcharge going to the Firearms Violence Prevention Trust Fund. 3. It bans the sale, purchase, rental, lease, or possession of .50 BMG rifles and .50 BMG cartridges, with violations punishable by fines and imprisonment. 4. It modifies the requirements for private sales and transfers of firearms, shotguns, and rifles, mandating that they take place at the location of a licensed dealer who will electronically submit the required information. 5. It imposes penalties for individuals possessing non-large capacity rifles or shotguns with expired firearm identification cards, as well as for individuals possessing firearms, rifles, or shotguns with expired licenses. 6. It adds the Attorney General or a designee to the Firearms Licensing Review Board.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (2)

Jo Comerford (D), Cynthia Creem (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2565 (on 02/27/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1387

(12 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1387
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1387.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1500	Requiring the inclusion of certain civil rights offense information in the statewide domestic violence recordkeeping system	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H2091	Requiring live fire practice for a firearms license	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H3432	Relative to unborn victims of violence	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
S137	Requiring domestic violence and sexual assault education for certain occupations	Accompanied S125	Similar To
S1418	Relative to secured firearms on recreational vehicles	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S1421	Clarifying firearms oversight	Accompanied a study order, see S2565	Similar To
S1424	Relative to non-resident firearm license fees	Accompanied a study order, see S2565	Similar To
S1434	Relative to equitable firearm license fees	Accompanied a study order, see S2565	Similar To
S1451	To prevent the illegal possession and illegal sale of firearms	Accompanied a study order, see S2565	Similar To
S2342	Requiring the inclusion of certain civil rights offense information in the statewide domestic violence record keeping system	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To
S2565	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public safety matters	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S969	Relative to visitation and family court matters in domestic violence cases	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

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