republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/193rd/h-4885.md

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Bill	An Act modernizing firearm laws	The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment (striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text contained in Senate document numbered 2584; and striking out the title and inserting in place thereof the following title: “An Act to sensibly address firearm violence through effective reform”) of the House Bill modernizing firearm laws (House, No. 4139), reports recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4885). July 17, 2024.	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	193rd	H 4885	Massachusetts H 4885 (193rd)	bill		enacted		1	13	0	2024-07-17	2024-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/a0219fde-0d89-48c6-adeb-b9112e762612	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4885	06a0613d66c020de5a9e66ca79c7b046a9b61975494c366000dc6df0711cf3e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 4885 (193rd) — An Act modernizing firearm laws

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment (striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text contained in Senate document numbered 2584; and striking out the title and inserting in place thereof the following title: “An Act to sensibly address firearm violence through effective reform”) of the House Bill modernizing firearm laws (House, No. 4139), reports recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4885). July 17, 2024.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Firearms Laws — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2024-07-17 Reported from the committee of conference
• 2024-07-17 Reported on H4139
• 2024-07-18 Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
• 2024-07-18 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
• 2024-07-18 Rules suspended
• 2024-07-18 Committee of conference report accepted - 124 YEAS to 33 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 135 )
• 2024-07-18 Rules suspended -see Roll Call #205 (Yeas 35 to Nays 5)
• 2024-07-18 Motion to postpone to July 24, 2024 negatived -see Roll Call #206 (Yeas 5 to Nays 35)
• 2024-07-18 Motion to read conference report -see Roll Call #207 (Yeas 6 to Nays 34)
• 2024-07-18 Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence -see Roll Call #208 (Yeas 35 to Nays 5)
• 2024-07-18 Enacted passage
• 2024-07-18 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2024-07-25 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0219fde-0d89-48c6-adeb-b9112e762612. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).