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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act modernizing firearm laws"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 4885"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4885 (193rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2024-07-17"
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last_action: "2024-07-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0219fde-0d89-48c6-adeb-b9112e762612"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4885"
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source_hash: "06a0613d66c020de5a9e66ca79c7b046a9b61975494c366000dc6df0711cf3e1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 4885 (193rd) — An Act modernizing firearm laws
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4885.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Firearms Laws — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-07-17** Reported from the committee of conference
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- **2024-07-17** Reported on H4139
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- **2024-07-18** Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
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- **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
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- **2024-07-18** Rules suspended
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- **2024-07-18** Committee of conference report accepted - 124 YEAS to 33 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 135 )
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- **2024-07-18** Rules suspended -see Roll Call #205 (Yeas 35 to Nays 5)
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- **2024-07-18** Motion to postpone to July 24, 2024 negatived -see Roll Call #206 (Yeas 5 to Nays 35)
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- **2024-07-18** Motion to read conference report -see Roll Call #207 (Yeas 6 to Nays 34)
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- **2024-07-18** Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence -see Roll Call #208 (Yeas 35 to Nays 5)
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- **2024-07-18** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-07-18** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-07-25** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0219fde-0d89-48c6-adeb-b9112e762612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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