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H2733 • 2025

An Act providing for an audit of gun violence prevention and intervention funding

An Act providing for an audit of gun violence prevention and intervention funding

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Sponsor
Christopher J. Worrell
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act providing for an audit of gun violence prevention and intervention funding

An Act providing for an audit of gun violence prevention and intervention funding By Representative Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act providing for an audit of gun violence prevention and intervention funding By Representative Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2733) of Christopher J.
  • Worrell for legislation to provide for an audit and an investigation by a special commission concerning gun violence prevention and intervention funding.
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security.

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. 2026-01-27 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-10-31 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/31/2025 from 11:30 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-10-27 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/31/2025 from 11:30 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to include Virtual

  4. 2025-10-22 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/31/2025 from 11:30 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to include Virtual

  5. 2025-10-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/31/2025 from 11:30 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act providing for an audit of gun violence prevention and intervention funding
By Representative Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2733) of Christopher J. Worrell for legislation to provide for an audit and an investigation by a special commission concerning gun violence prevention and intervention funding. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2733

(a) There shall be established, pursuant to section 2A of chapter 4 of the 2022 General Laws, a special legislative commission on gun violence. The commission shall conduct an audit and investigation into gun violence prevention funding in the Commonwealth.

(b) The special legislative commission shall consist of members of grassroots and community-based gun violence organizations from communities most impacted by gun violence.

(c) The audit and investigation shall include, but not be limited to, an examination of all gun violence and intervention funding in the commonwealth, including, but not limited to: (i) funding appropriated to and expended by the Massachusetts office for victim assistance for the purposes of addressing gun violence and prevention; (ii) funding appropriated for and expended by the grant program administered by the executive office of public safety known as the Senator Charles E. Shannon, Jr. Community Safety Initiative for the purposes of addressing gun violence and prevention; (iii) funding appropriated to and expended for the safe and successful youth initiative for the purposes of addressing gun violence and prevention; (iv) funding appropriated to and expended for youth-at-risk and primary violence prevention programs; (v) funding appropriated to and expended for the neighborhood-based gun and violent crime prevention pilot program for targeted work with out-of-school youth and young adults aged 17 to 24; (vi) which communities, broken down by census tract, have been most impacted by gun violence; and (vii) in which communities, broken down by census tract, funds have been expended to address gun violence and prevention.

(d) The special legislative commission shall submit a report within 180 days of the effective date of this act detailing the findings of the investigation and recommendations, including, but not limited to, a recommendation of whether the neighborhood-based gun and violent crime prevention pilot program should be made a permanent program in the department of public health or re-established in another department, to the secretary of public safety; the secretary of health and human services; the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate; the joint committee on public safety and homeland security; the joint committee on racial equity, civil rights and inclusion; and the joint committee on ways and means.

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