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Council hears update on draft bill to fund community-based intervention through firearm-related tax
Summary
The Pathways Advisory Council heard that Representative Jennifer Boylan is expected to sponsor a draft bill to impose a 6% tax on certain firearm-related sales to create a restricted funding stream for community-based intervention (CBI) work; council members discussed outreach and possible advocacy support.
Members of the Pathways Advisory Council were briefed on a legislative strategy to fund community-based interventions (CBI) with a firearm-related excise tax.
Council members said a draft bill is being prepared that would revive a concept from 2019: a 6 percent tax on gun sales, ammunition and shooting-range memberships or fees. The intention discussed in the meeting was to direct revenue as a restricted fund for CBI programming rather than into the general fund.
A council member said Representative Jennifer Boylan will be the sponsor and is connecting with stakeholders to refine the bill language and identify funding priorities. Council members discussed possible next steps, including gathering a list of locally identified CBI priorities and sending a letter of support or recommendations to the sponsor.
The meeting did not record a formal vote or a final text of the bill. A participant provided a back-of-envelope estimate that the funding could be "somewhere between, like, $1,200,000 a month" if structured as described; the council did not confirm that figure as final.
Council members agreed the group could assist by documenting program needs and building advocacy support once a bill draft is publicly available. No formal motion or endorsement was recorded during the meeting.
