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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2268 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2410 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Jeffrey Rosario Turco |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to firearm licensing modernization and accountability. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jeffrey Rosario Turco19th Suffolk1/18/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2268 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2410 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2410) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Jeffrey Rosario Turco relative to firearm licensing. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to firearm licensing modernization and accountability. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 G.L. Chapter 140, is amended by insertion of a new section: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2 Section ### |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, All applications for license or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4card regarding the possession, transfer, carrying, or other lawful acts with a firearm, rifle or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5shotgun shall be submitted to the Firearms Record Bureau. Said application can be submitted by |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6electronic, paper or other means as may be convenient to the applicant. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7 Within seven days of the receipt of a completed application, the firearms record bureau |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8shall conduct a records search of any criminal record of the applicant arising from within or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9without the commonwealth and determine whether the applicant is a prohibited person. Such |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10search shall include files maintained by the department of mental health, department of probation |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11and statewide and nationwide criminal justice, warrant and protection order information systems |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12and files including, but not limited to, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13If the information available to the firearms record bureau does not indicate that the applicant is a |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14prohibited person under state or federal law, the firearms record bureau shall issue such license |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15or card applied for within 30 days. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16 The Secretary of Public Safety and Security shall be responsible for entire licensing |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17system as a whole and for the protection of the constitutional and other legal rights of any |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18applicant or license/card holder. |
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