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Proposed Massachusetts Firearm Legislation H1523

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Legislation Overview

Title: Prohibiting gunfire directed at dwelling houses

Description: Relative to the penalties for using weapons with intent to strike dwelling houses. The Judiciary.

Session: 191st General Court

Last Action: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Last Action Date: February 6, 2020

Sponsors

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5 sponsors: Rady Mom (D); James Arciero (D); Thomas Golden (D); Edward Kennedy (D); Timothy Whelan (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (5 of 160)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 6, 2020 Accompanied by S963
House Feb 6, 2020 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
May 8, 2019 Hearing scheduled for 05/14/2019 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
House Jan 22, 2019 Referred to the Joint Committee on The Judiciary
Senate Jan 22, 2019 Senate concurred
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Feb 26, 2019 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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