Gun Owners' Action League

Gun Owners' Action League
The Official Firearms Association of Massachusetts

"Protecting Your Freedom Begins Here"

P.O. Box 567 Northboro, MA ph: 508-393-5333 fax:508-393-5222

"The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self defense in the home."

- U.S. Supreme Court Justice J. Scalia, June 26, 2008

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Legislative Chart

Click on the Bill # to view the official state progress of the bill. (This link should also provide hearing date information.)
Click on the Bill Title to view the online copy of the bill.

**Please note all of the following are official Bill numbers. All docket numbers have been removed.**

Committee Report:

"Favorable" - This means the committee has released the bill with a recommendation that the bill should pass into law.
"Adverse" - This means the committee has recommended that the bill NOT pass into law.
"Study" - This means that the committee believes further research needs to be done before a decision is made. This normally means the bill is dead for the current legislative session.

House Bill #	Bill Title	Sponsor	Committee Report	Committee Assignment	GOAL Position
H33	An Act Relative to Electronic Notification of License Expiration	Executive Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	OPPOSE
H34	An Act Relative to the Regulation of Gun Shows	Executive Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	OPPOSE
H35	An Act to Extend Time Limits for the Firearm Licensing Review Board	Executive Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	OPPOSE
H736	An Act safeguarding our natural resources	Representative Anne M. Gobi		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY
H737	An Act to provide for the statewide conservation of inland fisheries and wildlife	Representative Anne M. Gobi		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	SUPPORT
H739	An Act relative to the moose population in the Commonwealth	Representative Anne M. Gobi		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	SUPPORT
H740	An Act expanding the powers of the director of Fisheries and Wildlife	Representative Anne M. Gobi		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	SUPPORT
H742	Proposal to amend the Constitution excluding all matters relating to fisheries and wildlife	Representative Anne M. Gobi		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY
H745	An Act relative to property damage cause by beaver	Representative William G. Greene, Jr.		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	SUPPORT
H747	An Act relative to the control of coyotes	Representative William G. Greene, Jr.		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	SUPPORT
H834	An Act Relative to Sustainable Water Resources	Representative Frank I. Smizik		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
H1311 (GOAL BILL)	An Act regarding breaking and entering of a firearm retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer	Representative Christine E. Canavan		Joint Committee on the Judiciary	SUPPORT
H1516	An Act Relative to Prevent Bulk Purchasing and Illegal Trafficking of Firearms	Representative David P. Linsky		Joint Committee on the Judiciary	OPPOSE
H1582	An Act Relative to Anti Gang Injunctions	Representative Eugene L. O'Flaherty		Joint Committee on the Judiciary	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY
H1678 (GOAL BILL)	An Act relative to deceptive weapons devices	Representative John F. Quinn, Representative Stephen Canessa		Joint Committee on the Judiciary	SUPPORT
H1680	An Act Creating Separate Criminal Offenses for Assault Committed With a Firearm	Representative John F. Quinn		Joint Committee on the Judiciary	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY
H2202	An Act to Close Automatic Weapon Loopholes	Representative Antonio F.D. Cabral		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	OPPOSE
H2229	An Act further regulating the issuance of firearm identification cards and licenses to carry firearms	Representative Anne M. Gobi		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
H2231	An Act to allow hunting on Sunday within the Commonwealth	Representative Anne M. Gobi		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
H2232	An Act relative to the use of shotguns	Representative Anne M. Gobi		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY
H2246	An Act Relative to the Expiration of a Firearms Identification Card or Gun License	Representative William Lantigua		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
H2247	An Act to Improve the Ballistic Database Through Microstamping Ammunition	Representative David P. Linsky		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	OPPOSE
H2249	An Act to Close a Loophole In the Assault Weapoons Ban and Further Reduce Gun Violence in the Commonwealth	Representative David P. Linsky		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	OPPOSE
H2258	An Act relative to the possession of firearms by people with dementia	Representative Sarah K. Peake		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	OPPOSE AS WRITTEN
H2259 (GOAL BILL)	An Act relative to civil rights and public safety	Representative George N. Peterson, Jr.		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
H2263	An Act Relative to Surrender and Storage	Representative Karyn Polito		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY
H2287	An Act Relative to Firearms in the Commonwealth	Representative Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	OPPOSE
H2288	An Act Relative to Increasing Accessibility to Nonlethal Defense Sprays	Representative Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY
H3631	An Act Relative to the Failure to Report Lost or Stolen Firearms	Representative William Lantigua		Joint Committee on the Judiciary
H4059	An Act Relative to Possession of Armor-Piercing Ammunition in the City of Boston	Representative Martin J. Walsh		Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government	OPPOSE
H4102	An Act To Reduce Firearm Violence	Governor Deval Patrick		Joint Committee on the Judiciary	OPPOSE
Senate Bill #	Bill Title	Sponsor	Committee Report	Committee Assignment	GOAL Position
S371	An Act to enhance the management of problem wildlife	Senator Stephen M. Brewer		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	SUPPORT
S373	An Act providing for the statewide conservation of inland fisheries and wildlife	Senator Stephen M. Brewer		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	SUPPORT
S392	An Act relative to the feeding of wildlife	Senator Benjamin B. Downing		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY
S397	An Act establishing a wildlife management commission	Senator James B. Eldridge		Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture	OPPOSE
S913 (GOAL BILL)	An Act relative to an unloaded rifle or shotgun	Senator Stephen M. Brewer		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
S919	An Act reducing firearm license application fees	Senator Stephen M. Brewer		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
S920	An Act further regulating the issuance of firearm identification cards	Senator Stephen M. Brewer		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
S924 (GOAL BILL)	An Act Relative to Fair Licensing	Senator Stephen M. Brewer		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
S926 (GOAL BILL)	An Act Relative to Certain Ammunition	Senator Stephen M. Brewer		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
S927 (GOAL BILL)	An Act relative to the lawful sale of ammunition	Senator Stephen M. Brewer		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
S929	An Act relative to remove pepper spray from firearms identification	Senator Scott P. Brown		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
S938	An Act relative to preventing illegal trafficking of firearms	Senator Cynthia Stone Creem		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	OPPOSE
S964	An Act prohibiting the confiscation of legally owned firearms during a state of emergency	Senator Richard T. Moore		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
S970	An Act requiring a firearms licensing authority to provide a receipt for firearm license applications	Senator Michael W. Morrissey		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
S975	An Act relative to remove pepper spray from firearms identification	Senator Robert A. O'Leary		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	SUPPORT
S978	An Act creating a global positioning system locators in firearms study commission	Senator Anthony Petruccelli		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	OPPOSE
S995	An Act relative to issuing a license to carry firearms	Senator James E. Timilty		Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY
S1000	An Act to reduce gun violence and promote public safety	Senator Richard R. Tisei		Joint Committee on the Judiciary	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY
S1789	An Act relative to dangerous weapons	Senator Steven C. Panagiotakos		Joint Committee on the Judiciary	NEEDS FURTHER STUDY