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H1951 • 2025

An Act ERPO Study Commission

An Act ERPO Study Commission

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Sponsor
David Allen Robertson
Last action
2026-03-26
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act ERPO Study Commission

An Act ERPO Study Commission By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act ERPO Study Commission By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1951) of David Allen Robertson for legislation to create a commission (including members of the General Court) to study extreme risk protection orders.
  • The Judiciary.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-26 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-09-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  5. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act ERPO Study Commission
By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1951) of David Allen Robertson for legislation to create a commission (including members of the General Court) to study extreme risk protection orders. The Judiciary.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1951

SECTION 1. Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following:-

Section 131Z. (a) There shall be an Extreme Risk Protection Order study commission, within the executive office of public safety and security, hereinafter referred to as the board, comprised of 7 members: the director of the firearms record bureau within the department of criminal justice information services or designee, who shall serve as chair; the attorney general or designee; 1 member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives who shall not be a member of the general court and shall have demonstrated knowledge or expertise in firearm safety, law or technology; 1 member appointed by the president of the senate who shall not be a member of the general court and shall have demonstrated knowledge or expertise in firearm safety, law or technology; 1 member appointed by the governor; 1 shall be appointed by the Gun Owners Action League, Inc. and 1 of whom shall be a police chief selected from a list of four chiefs provided by the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association Incorporated; and the armorer of the department of state police or designee.

(b) The board shall examine the effectiveness, frequency and disposition of cases related to, the Commonwealth’s extreme risk protection order law and produce a report of their findings by February 28th of the year following the previous year’s report. The board members shall serve without compensation; provided, however, that members shall be reimbursed for any usual and customary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The executive office of public safety and security, in consultation with the board, shall adopt operating rules and procedures for its organization and activities.

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