Twenty Five Firearm-Related Bills to be Considered in Massachusetts Next Week!

Please Contact the Members of the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security!

On Thursday, November 19, the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security will be holding a public hearing on approximately 25 firearm-related bills at 11:30 a.m. in Room B-2 of the State House. 

The following is a list of the legislation which will be considered:

House:

• H 33, Executive Office: An Act Relative to Electronic Notification of License Expiration
  
  
• H 35, Executive Office: An Act to Extend Time Limits for the Firearm Licensing Review Board
  
  
• H 541, Rep. Pignatelli: An Act Authorizing the Licensing of Firearms for Persons 70 Years of Age or Older
  
  
• H 2195, Rep. Barrows: An Act Relative to the Licensing Fees of Firearms
  
  
• H 2204, Rep. Callahan: An Act Relative to the Fees for the Renewal of FID Cards by Certain Elderly Persons
  
  
• H 2229, Rep. Gobi An: Act Further Regulating the Issuance of Firearm Identification Cards and Licenses to Carry Firearms
  
  
• H 2233, Rep. Gobi: An Act Further Regulating the Issuance of Firearm Identification
  
  
• H 2237, Rep. Jones: An Act Relative to Non Lethal Self Defense Spray
  
  
• H 2245, Rep. Lantigua: An Act Relative to Application for the Use of Mace
  
  
• H 2246, Rep. Lantigua: An Act Relative to the Expiration of a Firearm Identification Card of Gun License
  
  
• H 2248, Rep. Linsky: An Act to Restrict the Issuance of Licenses to Carry Firearms
  
  
• H 2254, Rep. Murphy: An Act Relative to Electrical Weapon Registration
  
  
• H 2258, Rep. Peake: An Act Relative to the Possession of Firearms by People with Dementia
  
  
• H 2274, Rep. Sannicandro: An Act Relative to Pepper Spray
  
  
• H 2288, Rep. Toomey: An Act Relative to Increasing Accessibility to Non Lethal Self Defense Sprays

Senate:

• S 919, Sen. Brewer: An Act Reducing Firearm License Application Fees
  
  
• S 920, Sen. Brewer: An Act Further Regulating the Issuance of Firearm Identification Cards and Licenses to Carry Firearms
  
  
• S 924, Sen. Brewer: An Act Relative to Fair Licensing
  
  
• S 929, Sen. Brown: An Act Relative to Remove Pepper Spray from Firearms Identification
  
  
• S 967, Sen. Morrissey: An Act Prohibiting the Use of Paintball Guns
  
  
• S 970, Sen. Morrissey: An Act Requiring a Firearms Licensing Authority to Provide a Receipt for Firearm License Applications
  
  
• S 975, Sen. O’Leary: An Act Relative to Remove Pepper Spray from Firearms Identification
  
  
• S 985, Sen. Timilty: An Act to Allow Citizens Possession of Non-Lethal Protection
  
  
• S 1000, Sen. Tisei: An Act to Reduce Gun Violence and Promote Public Safety
  
  
• S 1001, Sen. Tisei: An Act Relative to the Sale and Possession of BB, Pellet, and Paintball Guns

If you are unable to attend the hearing, you can contact the members of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee TODAY and voice your comments.  Contact information can be found below.

State Senator James E. Timilty (D-Bristol and Norfolk), Chair
(617) 722-1222
[email protected]

State Senator Stephen M. Brewer (D-Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin) Vice Chair
(617) 722-1540
[email protected]

State Senator Stephen J. Buoniconti (D-Hampden)
(617) 722-1660
[email protected]

State Senator Gale D. Candaras (D-First Hampden and Hampshire)
(617) 722-1291
[email protected]

State Senator Brian Joyce (D-Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth)
(617) 722-1643
[email protected]

State Senator Scott P. Brown (R-Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex)
(617) 722-1555
[email protected]

State Representative Michael A. Costello (D-First Essex)
(617) 722-2230
[email protected]

State Representative Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. (D-Twenty-Sixth Middlesex)
(617) 722-2692
[email protected]

State Representative Linda Dean Campbell (D-Fifteenth Essex)
(617) 722-2877
[email protected]

State Representative Bruce J. Ayers (D-First Norfolk)
(617) 722-2230
[email protected]

State Representative Kevin Aguiar (D-Seventh Bristol)
(617) 722-2140
[email protected]

State Representative Brian Ashe (D-Second Hampden)
(617) 722-2090
[email protected]

State Representative Christopher J. Donelan (D-Second Franklin)
(617) 722-2230
[email protected]

State Representative David Nangle (D-Seventeenth Middlesex)
(617) 722-2020
[email protected]

State Representative Geraldo Alicea (D-Sixth Worcester)
(617) 722-2060
[email protected]

State Representative Jeffrey D. Perry (D-Fifth Barnstable)
(617) 722-2396
[email protected]

State Representative Bradford Hill (R-Fourth Essex)
(617) 722-2489
[email protected]

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact committee staff at 617-722-2230.

Michael Onoyan
Research Analyst
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Chairman Michael A. Costello
617.722.2230
[email protected]