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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB1287

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Convertible Pistols

Subject: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Crimes and Punishments: Equipment: Guns: Industry and Technology: Penalties and Sentences: Repeat Offenders: Retail Sales: Transfer of Goods

Description: Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or transferring a certain convertible pistol; and defining "convertible pistol" as any semiautomatic pistol that can be converted into a machine gun solely by the attachment of a switch/auto-sear.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.

Last Action Date: February 10, 2025

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

29 sponsors: Nicole Williams (D); Gabriel Acevero (D); Marlon Amprey (D); Sandy Bartlett (D); Adrian Boafo (D); Lorig Charkoudian (D); Charlotte Crutchfield (D); Elizabeth Embry (D); Terri Hill (D); Aaron Kaufman (D); Robbyn Lewis (D); Lesley Lopez (D); Ashanti Martinez (D); Aletheia McCaskill (D); Bernice Mireku-North (D);Cheryl Pasteur (D); Edith Patterson (D); Scott Phillips (D); Malcolm Ruff (D);Sheila Ruth (D); Emily Shetty (D); Karen Simpson (D); Kym Taylor (D); Karen Toles (D); Veronica Turner (D); Jheanelle Wilkins (D); Greg Wims (D);Jamila Woods (D); Teresa Woorman (D)

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 21% (29 of 141)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 10, 2025 Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
House Feb 7, 2025 First Reading Judiciary
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Feb 7, 2025 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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