Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislatio SB156
Legislation Overview
Title: Handgun Qualification License - Training Requirement - Exemption
Subject: Public Safety: Correctional Officers: Education: Guns: Law Enforcement: Licenses: Sheriffs
Description: Exempting an applicant for a handgun qualification license from the requirement to complete a firearms safety training course if the applicant is a certain retired law enforcement officer or a certain active or retired correctional officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff who has successfully completed an initial correctional officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff firearms training course approved by the Secretary of State Police.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 14, 2020
Sponsors
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16 sponsors: Bob Cassilly (R); Jack Bailey (R); Mary Carozza (R); Adelaide Eckardt (R); George Edwards (R); Jason Gallion (R); Stephen Hershey (R); Michael Hough (R); J.B. Jennings (R); Justin Ready (R); Edward Reilly (R); Johnny Salling (R); Andrew Serafini (R); Bryan Simonaire (R); William Smith (D); Chris West (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 34% (16 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 14, 2020 | Referred Judiciary |
| Senate | Feb 13, 2020 | Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2020 | Favorable with Amendments {178475/1 Adopted |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2020 | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2020 | Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| Senate | Jan 14, 2020 | Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2020 | First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Engrossed | Feb 11, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 14, 2020 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Favorable with Amendments 178475/1 Adopted | Favorable with Amendments 178475/1 Adopted | Feb 11, 2020 | State Link | amendment text | Yes |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Third Reading Passed | 02/13/2020 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
