Massachusetts Current Session Priority Bill

• An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws H.4135 passed the House 
• The Safer Act S.2584 amendment passed the Senate.

Key aspects of these bills include –

• Codify the Assault Weapons Ban law
• Ghost Guns regulations and ban
• Sensitive places expansion
• Live firearms training
• Crime gun data analysis
• Community Violence Intervention program funding

Next steps –

Both chambers will convene privately in committee toward a consensus bill to the Governor by July 2024.

Consensus conferees are Reps. Michael Day, Carlos Gonzalez, and Joseph McKenna; and Senators Cindy Creem, Joan Lovely, and Bruce Tarr.

• Assault Weapons Ban, S.25 & Regulate Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices, S.298

• Background Checks  HR.715 & S.494
• Safe Gun Storage HR.660 & S.173
• Gun Violence Prevention Research S.1026

• Gun Violence Prevention & Community Safety Act