Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB1214
Legislation Overview
Title: Criminal Law - Crimes Against Property - Right to Defend Property (Stand Your Ground Act)
Subject: Criminal Law - Procedure: Burglary: Crimes and Punishments: Self Defense: Violence
Description: Establishing that an occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force against another person when the other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that the other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the unlawful entry or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the unlawful entry; establishing that a person acting in accordance with the Act is immune from certain criminal prosecution; etc.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 11, 2019
Sponsors
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36 sponsors: Robin Grammer (R); Christopher Adams (R); Lauren Arikan (R); Wendell Beitzel (R); Joseph Boteler (R); Jason Buckel (R); Andrew Cassilly (R); Brian Chisholm (R); Barrie Ciliberti (R); Jerry Clark (R); Paul Corderman (R); Mark Fisher (R); Jeff Ghrist (R); Wayne Hartman (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Seth Howard (R); Richard Impallaria (R); Jay Jacobs (R); Nicholaus Kipke (R); Trent Kittleman (R); Susan Krebs (R); Bob Long (R); Michael Malone (R); Nino Mangione (R); Johnny Mautz (R); Susan McComas (R); Mike Mckay (R); Ric Metzgar (R); Warren Miller (R); Matt Morgan (R); Neil Parrott (R); Teresa Reilly (R); April Rose (R); Sid Saab (R); Haven Shoemaker (R); William Wivell (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 26% (36 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 11, 2019 | Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Feb 8, 2019 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 9, 2019 | 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
