Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB1480
Legislation Overview
Title: Background Check Accountability Act of 2016
Subject: Public Safety: Courts: Criminal Background Investigations: Guns: Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of: Law Enforcement: Liability: Notices: Privacy: Protection Orders: Public Employees: Public Information: Public Officials: Records: State Employees
Description: Requiring a law enforcement agency to take specified actions before returning a privately owned firearm; requiring each law enforcement agency to develop a notification protocol that allows a petitioner to request to be notified when a law enforcement agency returns a privately owned firearm to a specified individual; requiring a law enforcement agency to take specified actions if a petitioner has requested notification under the Act; etc.
Session: 2016 Regular Session
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 19, 2016
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'.
7 sponsors: Clarence Lam; Kumar Barve; Eric Ebersole; Terri Hill; Sheila Hixson; Jay Jalisi; Joseline Pena-Melnyk;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 5% (7 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 19, 2016 | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| House | Mar 15, 2016 | Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Feb 12, 2016 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 15, 2016 | 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
