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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…
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