A08895 Relates to the regulation of municipal shooting ranges, including limiting the hours of operation and addressing noise pollution; directs the department of health to conduct a study describing the contaminants and other pollutants in the ground and water bodies adjacent to certain shooting ranges.

Direction

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds new restrictions on when and how municipal and law-enforcement shooting ranges may operate (hours, days, enclosure, noise limits) and requires environmental study and potential remediation of contaminants from those ranges; both provisions increase regulatory limits on firearm-related shooting range activity.

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Sponsors

• Michael Benedetto D · primary
• Dana Levenberg D

Text versions

• Introduced 2025-06-11