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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 368 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2367
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David Paul Linsky
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to universal background checks for private gun sales.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Paul Linsky5th Middlesex1/12/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/12/2023Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire1/12/2023Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/12/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/15/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex1/20/2023Kay Khan11th Middlesex1/25/2023Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex1/25/2023Ryan M. Hamilton15th Essex1/30/2023Michael J. BarrettThird Middlesex1/31/2023Jennifer Balinsky Armini8th Essex1/31/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/7/2023Tricia Farley-Bouvier2nd Berkshire2/8/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex3/6/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 368 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2367
By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2367) of David
Paul Linsky and others relative to universal background checks for private gun sales. Public
Safety and Homeland Security.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3729 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to universal background checks for private gun sales.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 128A of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
2adding the following:- Any sale or transfer conducted under this section shall comply with
3section 131E and shall take place at the location of a dealer licensed under section 122, who shall
4transmit the information required by this section for the purchases and sales by utilizing the
5Massachusetts Gun Transaction Portal established by the Massachusetts Department of Criminal
6Justice Information Services. A licensed dealer may charge the seller a fee not to exceed $25 for
7each sale or transfer electronically submitted on behalf of the seller to the Massachusetts Gun
8Transaction Portal. Whoever knowingly sells or transfers a firearm in violation of this section
9shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 20
10years in state prison or two and one-half years in the house of correction.