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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4229 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1951 |
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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 | | David Allen Robertson |
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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 ERPO Study Commission. |
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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:David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4229 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1951 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1951) |
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| 19 | 19 | | of David Allen Robertson for legislation to create a commission (including members of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | General Court) to study extreme risk protection orders. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act ERPO Study Commission. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting the following:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 131Z. (a) There shall be an Extreme Risk Protection Order study commission, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4within the executive office of public safety and security, hereinafter referred to as the board, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5comprised of 7 members: the director of the firearms record bureau within the department of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6criminal justice information services or designee, who shall serve as chair; the attorney general |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7or designee; 1 member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives who shall not be |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8a member of the general court and shall have demonstrated knowledge or expertise in firearm |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9safety, law or technology; 1 member appointed by the president of the senate who shall not be a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10member of the general court and shall have demonstrated knowledge or expertise in firearm |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11safety, law or technology; 1 member appointed by the governor; 1 shall be appointed by the Gun |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12Owners Action League, Inc. and 1 of whom shall be a police chief selected from a list of four 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13chiefs provided by the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association Incorporated; and the armorer |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14of the department of state police or designee. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 (b) The board shall examine the effectiveness, frequency and disposition of cases related |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16to, the Commonwealth’s extreme risk protection order law and produce a report of their findings |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17by February 28th of the year following the previous year’s report. The board members shall |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18serve without compensation; provided, however, that members shall be reimbursed for any usual |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19and customary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The executive office of |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20public safety and security, in consultation with the board, shall adopt operating rules and |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21procedures for its organization and activities. |
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