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IntroducedJan 08, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
Title: requiring a background check and mandatory waiting period during certain firearm transfers.
Last Action See all actions
House • Feb 20, 2025: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 216-154 02/20/2025 HJ 6
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 56
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Petrignocosponsor
- Seligcosponsor
- Marjorie Smithcosponsor
- Vailcosponsor
- Mandelbaumcosponsor
- Seibertcosponsor
- Altschillercosponsor
Votes
YES: 216
- Aldrich, Glen
- Alexander, Joe
- Ammon, Keith
- Andrus, Louise
- Aron, Judy
- Aron, Michael
- Aures, Cyril
- Avellani, Lino
- Aylward, Deborah
- Bailey, Glenn
- Ball, Lorie
- Barbour, Liz
- Barton, Joseph
- Bean, Harry
- Beaulier, Calvin
- Bennett, Cindy
- Berezhny, Lex
- Bernardy, JD
- Berry, Ross
- Bjelobrk, Marie Louise
- Boehm, Ralph
- Bogert, Steven
- Bordes, Mike
- Boyd, Bill
- Boyd, Stephen
- Bridle, Nicholas
- Brown, Pam
- Brown, Richard
- Bryer, Scott
- Burnham, Claudine
- Cambrils, Jose
- Coker, Matthew
- Colcombe, Riché
- Cole, Brian
- Comtois, Barbara
- Corcoran, Travis
- Cordelli, Glenn
- Crawford, Karel
- Creighton, James
- Daniels, Gary
- Davis, Arnold
- DeDe-Poulin, Denise
- DeLemus, Susan
- DeRoy, Susan
- DeSimone, Debra
- DeVito, Sayra
- Devoid, Ricky
- DiSilvestro, Linda
- Dolan, Tom
- Donnelly, Tanya
- Doucette, Fred
- Drago, Mike
- Drew, Matt
- Drye, Margaret
- Dumont, Dillon
- Dunn, Ron
- Durkin, Sean
- Edwards, Jess
- Erf, Keith
- Farrington, Samuel
- Fedolfi, Jim
- Flanagan, Jack
- Foote, Charles
- Ford, Mary
- Franz, Linda
- Freeman, Lisa
- Gagne, Larry
- Giasson, Henry
- Girard, Dale
- Gonzalez, Ernesto
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Granger, Michael
- Grant, George
- Griffin, Gerald
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Guzofski, James
- Hamblen, Joseph
- Harb, Robert
- Harrington, Michael
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Hemingway, Wayne
- Hill, Gregory
- Hunt, John
- Jack, Martin
- Janigian, John
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Karasinski, Sly
- Katsakiores, Phyllis
- Kelley, Diane
- Kenny, Catherine
- Kesselring, Steven
- Khan, Aboul
- King, Seth
- Kofalt, Jim
- Korzen, Lori
- Kuttab, Katelyn
- Labrie, Brian
- Ladd, Rick
- Larochelle, John
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Leavitt, John
- Leishman, Peter
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Louis, Darrell
- Love, David
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Mannion, Dennis
- Mannion, Tim
- Mannion, Tom
- Markell, Jay
- Mattson, Rita
- Mazur, Lisa
- McDonnell, Valerie
- McFarlane, Donald
- McGrath, Linda
- McGuire, Carol
- McGuire, Dan
- McLean, Mark
- Mehegan, Peter
- Melvin, Charles
- Miles, Julie
- Miner, Laurence
- Minor, Sheri
- Moffett, Michael
- Mooney, Maureen
- Morency, Pete
- Morse, Bryan
- Morton, Jonathan
- Murphy, Denis
- Murphy, Mary
- Murphy, Michael
- Murray, Alissandra
- Nadeau, Brian
- Nalevanko, Rich
- Nelson, Jodi
- Noble, Kristin
- Notter, Jeanine
- Ohm, Bill
- Osborne, Jason
- Ouellet, Mike
- Panek, Sandra
- Paquette, Kathleen
- Pauer, Diane
- Pearson, Mark
- Pearson, Stephen
- Peeples, Raymond
- Perez, Kristine
- Peternel, Katy
- Plante, Raymond
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Polozov, Yury
- Popovici-Muller, Daniel
- Porcelli, Susan
- Post, Lisa
- Potenza, Kelley
- Potucek, John
- Proulx, Mark
- Prout, Andrew
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Read, Ellen
- Reinfurt, Sherri
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Rice, Kimberly
- Roesener, James
- Rollins, Skip
- Roy, Terry
- Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Schneller, John
- Scully, Kevin
- Seaworth, Brian
- See, Alvin
- Seidel, Sheila
- Selby, Donald
- Sellers, John
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Slottje, Jeremy
- Smith, Jonathan
- Smith, Steven
- Soti, Julius
- Spillane, James
- Spilsbury, Walter
- St. Clair, Charlie
- Stringham, Jerry
- Suiter, John
- Summers, James
- Sweeney, Joe
- Sytek, John
- Taylor, Brian
- Tenczar, Jeffrey
- Thackston, Dick
- Thibault, James
- Thomas, Douglas
- Tierney, James
- Toner, Travis
- Tripp, Richard
- Trottier, Douglas
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Len
- Ulery, Jordan
- Valerino, Brian
- Vandecasteele, Susan
- Vose, Michael
- Walker, David
- Walsh, Lilli
- Warden, Mark
- Weyler, Kenneth
- Wheeler, Jonah
- Wherry, Robert
- Wilson, Vicki
- Wood, Clayton
- Woodcock, Stephen
NO: 154
- Almy, Susan
- Ames, Dick
- Balboni, Peggy
- Baldwin, Heather
- Bay, Luz
- Beauchemin, Paige
- Berch, Paul
- Bergeron, Dan
- Bixby, Peter
- Bolton, Bill
- Booras, Efstathia
- Bouchard, Donald
- Bricchi, Tracy
- Buco, Thomas
- Budathoki, Suraj
- Burroughs, Anita
- Burton, Wayne
- Cahill, Michael
- Caplan, Tony
- Chourasia, Manoj
- Chretien, Suzanne
- Cloutier, John
- Colby, Eleana
- Cormen, Thomas
- Cornell, Patricia
- Damon, Hope
- Darby, Will
- Dargie, Paul
- Davis, Fred
- de Vries, Erica
- Dolan, William
- Ebel, Karen
- Edgar, Michael
- Elberger, Susan
- England, Myles
- Fellows, Sallie
- Foss, Lily
- Fox, Dru
- Foxx, Loren
- Fracht, David
- Gallager, Eric
- Georges, Mary
- Germana, Dylan
- Germana, Nicholas
- Gibbs, Merryl
- Gilman, Julie
- Gilmore, Gary
- Gregg, Alicia
- Grill, Jessica
- Grote, Jaci
- Gruber, James
- Grund, Stephanie
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hall, Muriel
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Hartnett, Tim
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Haskins, Linda
- Hegner, Karen
- Herbert, Christopher
- Hicks, Matthew
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Howard, Heath
- Howland, Allan
- Jacobs, Samantha
- Jeudy, Jean
- Johnson, Erik
- Jones, Philip
- Juris, Louis
- Kelly, Eileen
- Kerwin, Erin
- Kluger, Lee Ann
- Knab, Allison
- LaMontagne, Jessica
- Lane, Connie
- Leapley, Nicole
- LeClerc, Daniel
- Levesque, Cassandra
- Lloyd, Christal
- Long, Patrick
- Lovett, Peter
- Lucas, Janet
- Luneau, David
- MacKay, James
- MacKenzie, Mark
- Maggiore, Jim
- Malloy, Dennis
- Mandelbaum, Jennifer
- Manohar, Sanjeev
- Manos, Zoe
- McAleer, Chris
- McGhee, Kat
- Meuse, David
- Miller, Seth
- Muirhead, Russell
- Muns, Chris
- Murphy, Nancy
- Murray, Kate
- Murray, Megan
- Newell, Jodi
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Newsom, James
- O'Rorke, Terri
- Oppel, Thomas
- Paige, David
- Paige, Mark
- Palmer, William
- Parshall, Lucius
- Payeur, Stephanie
- Pearson, Wayne
- Petrigno, Peter
- Plamondon, Marc
- Preece, David
- Raymond, Heather
- Raynolds, Ned
- Richards, Beth
- Rockmore, Ellen
- Rombeau, Catherine
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Ryan, Linda
- Salvi, Santosh
- Sargent, Gregory
- Scherr, Buzz
- Schmidt, Peter
- Schultz, Kris
- Seibert, Christine
- Selig, Loren
- Simpson, Alexis
- Smith, Marjorie
- Snodgrass, Jim
- Sorensen, Carrie
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spahr, Terry
- Spier, Carry
- Staub, Kathy
- Stavis, Laurel
- Stone, John
- Sullivan, Jared
- Sykes, George
- Telerski, Laura
- Tellez, Trinidad
- Thomas, Wendy
- Turer, Eric
- Vail, Suzanne
- Veilleux, Daniel
- Wade, Alice
- Wall, Janet
- Ward, Gerald
- Weber, Lucy
- Weinstein, Toni
- Wilhelm, Matthew
- Woods, Gary
EXCUSED: 20
OTHER: 9
Actions
- Feb 20, 2025 | House
- Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 216-154 02/20/2025 HJ 6
- Jan 30, 2025 | House
- Public Hearing: 01/30/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- Executive Session: 01/30/2025 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/30/2025 (Vote 8-7; RC) HC 12 P. 14
- Jan 08, 2025 | House
- Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 2 P. 4
Bill Texts
Documents
- Remote Testimony by Hawkins, Sam (Concord, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Schembri, Michelle (Hanover, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Thurber, Simonida (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Alexander, Kaycee (Rollinsford, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Almy, Susan (Lebanon, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Baringer, Diane (Newmarket, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Barrieault, Curtis (Claremont, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by bassett, haley (Pelham, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Beale, Melissa (Gilmanton, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Benson, Nicole (Newmarket, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Berrio, Simon (Dalton, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Beyersdorfer, Audrey (Kene, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Bickford, Helene (Hancock, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Boylan, Maria (New Boston, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Brewster, Helen (Greenland, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Brinser, Steve (tuftonboro, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Brooks, Teresa (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Bryant, Marlise (Hollis, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Calhoun, Mary (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Carmel, Douglas (EXETER, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Cassidy, Robert (Hudson, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by clarke, gareth (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Cogdill, Nicole (Dover, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Columbia, Peter (New Hampton, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Condon, Laura (BEDFORD, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Costa, Wendy (LONDONDERRY, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Davis, Erin (Barrington, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Deady, Nathan (Atkinson, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dean, Penny (Concord, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dodge, Blossom (Concord, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Eichorst, Kyle (Brookline, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Fay, Maura (EXETER, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Feitelson, Amy (Rye, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Ferrere, Kenneth (Sanbornton, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Field, Bryan (PETERBOROUGH, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Forbes, Alan (Portsmouth, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Foster, Joanne (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Garland, Leane (Hanover, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Geil, Leon (Whitefield, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Goodall, Ken (West Ossipee, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Gregg, Robin (Hancock, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Grenier, J (Nashua, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Groetzinger, Tonda (Farmington, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Grosholz, Robert (Littleton, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Grossi, Anne (Bedford, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Gunnerson, Petra (Grafton, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hall, Irene (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Handley, Greg (Exeter, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Harrison, Stephanie (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Holmes, Joshua (Manchester, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Holmes, Katy (Sandwich, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Holt, Jeanie (CONCORD, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hooton, Nick (Derry, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hughes, Megan (Walpole, NM) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Kennedy, Sylvia (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Kerr, Emily (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by KIngston, Bill (New Castle, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Kusza, Katherine (Keene, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by LaCasse, Danielle (Newport, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by LaPointe, Susan (Epping, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Larson, Ruth (Alton, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Lauze, Susan (Concord, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Lazarus, Joanne (Newmarket, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by LeClair, Susan (Hooksett, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Lehr, Rachel (Warner, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Lewis, Arna (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by MacDougall, Susan (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Mackay, Jana (Orange, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Marzloff, Karen (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by McKenna, Emma (Concord, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Mee, Gerald (Bedford, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Mooney, John (Northfield, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Morrison, Jamie (Derry, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Mullen, Karen (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Nathan, Karina (New Orleans, LA) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Nesheim, Melanie (Holderness, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Nino Jr, Anthony J (Amherst, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by NIRK, LENA (GILFORD, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Noboa, Danette (Hooksett, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Officer, Laura (Lyme, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Oxnard, Sarah (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Pati, Daniel (Hudson, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Perencevich, Nick (Concord, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Picucci, Hollie (Seabrook, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Pitts, Mallory (Atkinson, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Pohl, Tracy (Nashua, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Potter, Melissa (Lancaster, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Prior, Karen (Exeter, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Quinones Ortiz, Javier Antonio (Newport, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Radford, Adam (New Durham, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Register, Curtis (Durham, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Sargent, Roy (Concord, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Seibert, Christine (Manchester, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Sillari, Maria (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Steele, Charlene (Madbury, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Thompson, Amelia (Newmarket, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Thompson, Keith (Nashua, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Tyszka, Matthew (Newport, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Walter, Pamela (Hooksett, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Weeden, Amanda (Rochester, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML