Proposed Massachusetts Firearm Legislation H2092
Legislation Overview
Title: Relative to universal background checks for private gun sales
Description: Relative to universal background checks for private gun sales. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Session: 191st General Court
Last Action: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
Last Action Date: February 24, 2020
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
39 sponsors: David Linsky (D); Jack Lewis (D); Ruth Balser (D); Christine Barber (D); Michael Barrett (D); Michelle Ciccolo (D); Julian Cyr (D); Michael Day (D); Marjorie Decker (D); Mindy Domb (D); William Driscoll (D); Lori Ehrlich (D); James Eldridge (D); Dylan Fernandes (D); Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D); Sean Garballey (D); Denise Garlick (D); Carmine Gentile (D); Kenneth Gordon (D); Danielle Gregoire (D); Jonathan Hecht (D); Bradley Jones (R); Mary Keefe (D); James Kelcourse (R); Kay Khan (D); Adrian Madaro (D); Elizabeth Malia (D); Paul McMurtry (D); Liz Miranda (D); Michael Moran (D); Alice Peisch (D); Rebecca Rausch (D); Maria Robinson (D); David Rogers (D); Daniel Ryan (D); Jon Santiago (D); Andres Vargas (D); Aaron Vega (D); Tommy Vitolo (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 24% (39 of 160)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 24, 2020 | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| Aug 22, 2019 | Hearing rescheduled to 08/28/2019 from 10:00 AM-03:00 PM in A-2 | |
| Aug 8, 2019 | Hearing scheduled for 08/28/2019 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-2 | |
| House | Jan 22, 2019 | Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2019 | Senate concurred |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 26, 2019 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
