---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to firearms"
description: "An Act relative to firearms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "H 4670"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4670 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firearms"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-06-28"
last_action: "2018-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdaba9b3-3630-4be5-a697-e52c8344140c"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4670"
source_hash: "335ac096dce781af31a01baf343046de888608f3411deda6b4e4dc28a6d00433"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 4670 (190th) — An Act relative to firearms

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4670.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Firearms — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-06-28** Reported from the committee of conference
- **2018-06-28** Reported on H4539
- **2018-06-28** Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
- **2018-06-28** Rules suspended
- **2018-06-28** Committee of conference report accepted -132 YEAS to 15 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 389)
- **2018-06-28** Rules suspended
- **2018-06-28** Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence -see Roll Call #435 (Yeas 36 to Nays 1)
- **2018-06-28** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2018-06-28** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2018-06-28** Enacted - 133 YEAS to 15 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 390) `passage`
- **2018-06-28** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2018-07-03** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 123 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdaba9b3-3630-4be5-a697-e52c8344140c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).