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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1640 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1516 |
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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 | | Ryan C. Fattman |
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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 the lawful sale of ammunition. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Ryan C. FattmanWorcester and HampdenAlyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/9/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1640 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1516 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1516) of Ryan C. Fattman and |
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| 19 | 19 | | Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida for legislation relative to the lawful sale of ammunition. Public |
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| 20 | 20 | | Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1584 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to the lawful sale of ammunition. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 122B of Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Edition, shall be amended by inserting the following language at the end of the section: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Notwithstanding any special law or regulation to the contrary nothing in this section shall |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4be deemed as requiring a company outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to be |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5required to be licensed under this section. Said companies shall be entitled to sell and deliver |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6inert ammunition components to persons properly licensed to possess or purchase ammunition |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7under sections 129B or 131 of this chapter, through the internet, U.S. Mail or by any other means |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8common to interstate commerce. All deliveries of ammunition under this paragraph, whether in |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9person or by common carrier, must require the signature of the licensee and photographic |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10identification. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 For the purposes of this section the term "inert components" shall include, but not be |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12limited to the following: cases, bullets, shot, wads. |
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