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MA S 1779

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An Act relative to private campus law enforcement officers

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · upper

Description

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1779) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to possession of assault weapon or a large capacity feeding device by private campus law enforcement officers. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-27 — Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Bruce E. Tarrprimary
  • Peter J. Durantcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

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  2. 2025-02-27

    House concurred

  3. 2025-08-26

    Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2026-01-27

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

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Votes

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Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1779

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