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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3230 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2589 |
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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 | | Marjorie C. Decker |
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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 requiring licensed gun owners to submit a yearly affidavit. |
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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:Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3230 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2589 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2589) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marjorie C. Decker for legislation to require licensed gun owners to submit yearly affidavits. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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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 requiring licensed gun owners to submit a yearly affidavit. |
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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. Section 129B of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended in paragraph 8 by inserting after the word “information”, in |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3line 259, the following words: – or who fails to annually notify the licensing authority pursuant |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4to paragraph (11A). |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5 SECTION 2. Said section 129B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6after paragraph 10 the following paragraph: – |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 (11A) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (9), a cardholder shall annually verify |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8by written notice, in the form of a sworn affidavit or declaration to the licensing authority that |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9issued such card, that the cardholder has not lost a firearm or had a firearm stolen from the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10cardholder's possession since the date of the cardholder's last renewal or issuance. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 SECTION 3. Section 131 of said chapter 140, as so appearing, is hereby amended in |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12subsection (h) by inserting after the word “information”, in line 272, the following words: – or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13who fails to annually notify the licensing authority pursuant to subsection (l). |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 SECTION 4. Said section 131, as so appearing, is hereby further amended in subsection |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15(l) by adding the following sentence:– The holder of each such license to carry a firearm shall |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16annually verify by written notice, in the form of a sworn affidavit or declaration to the licensing |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17authority that issued such license, that the license holder has not lost a firearm or had a firearm |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18stolen from the license holder's possession since the date of the license holder's last renewal or |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19issuance. |
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