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House roll call #357 · 2017–2018 session · May 23, 2018

Relative to firearms

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Official wording: H.4517, On adoption of amendment #35

Official amendment title: increasing the standard needed to file a petition (amendment #35, filed by McKenna, Joseph D.) · amendments on malegislature.gov

Who filed H.4517

Sponsor House Committee on Ways and Means

Committees often rewrite bills. The legislators who filed the original versions are listed on malegislature.gov.

36 Yes117 No

Amendment rejected

Every member's vote

Voted yes (36)
Voted no (117)

What it means

Creates extreme risk protection orders. A family or household member, or the local licensing authority, can ask a district court to suspend a person's gun license and order them to surrender all guns and ammunition if the person poses a risk of bodily injury to self or others; the court must hold a hearing within 10 days (2 days if the person needs a gun for work), and an order lasts 1 year and can be renewed. Courts may issue emergency orders before a hearing, orders are sent to the national background check system, and filing a knowingly false or harassing petition, or failing to surrender, can bring a fine of up to $5,000 or up to 2 1/2 years in jail. The bill also adds a definition of stun guns to the firearms law and repeals section 131J of chapter 140; most of it takes effect 30 days after passage.

Source: official text and history of H.4517 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.

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