Bill Text: MA H2238 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The filing of a biennial report by the Secretary of Public Safety of firearms-related statistics
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-12 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H2238 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2238-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to a report of firearms statistics.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Viriato Manuel deMacedo |
1st Plymouth |
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Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
20th Middlesex |
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George N. Peterson, Jr. |
9th Worcester |
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Elizabeth Poirier |
14th Bristol |
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Paul K. Frost |
7th Worcester |
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Susan Williams Gifford |
2nd Plymouth |
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Bradford R. Hill |
4th Essex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Robert S. Hargraves |
1st Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2326 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to a report of firearms statistics.
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. Section 18 ¾ of chapter 6A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 176 of the acts of 2008, is hereby further amended by adding the following clause:—
(10) to develop a biennial report to be sent to the clerks of the house and senate, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, and the joint committee on criminal justice on March 1 of every other year beginning in 2010. Said report shall contain, but not be limited to, comprehensive information and statistics related to firearms crimes and arrests and prosecutions of firearms-related offenses, to serve as an examination of the effectiveness of the commonwealth’s firearms-related regulations. Said report shall include, but not be limited to, an explanation of substantial changes in state and federal firearms-related laws and firearms-related statistics in the commonwealth.
