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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB659

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Legislation Overview

Title: Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun

Subject: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Crimes and Punishments: Guns: Penalties and Sentences: Repeat Offenders: Theft

Description: Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $2,500 or both.

Session: 2024 Regular Session

Last Action: Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.

Last Action Date: January 30, 2024

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Rachel Munoz (R);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 141)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 30, 2024 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
House Jan 25, 2024 First Reading Judiciary
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 25, 2024 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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