Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB342
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety - Permit to Carry, Wear, or Transport a Handgun - Qualifications
Subject: Public Safety: Budgets: Guns: Licenses: Mental and Behavioral Health: Self Defense
Description: Clarifying that personal protection or self-defense can qualify as a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun for purposes of the issuance by the Secretary of State Police of a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly that an amount representing the increase in General Fund revenues, less increased administrative costs, realized from the increased number of permits issued under the Act be included in the annual budget to fund certain school mental health programs.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 11, 2019
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Teresa Reilly (R); Lauren Arikan (R); Jason Buckel (R); Andrew Cassilly (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Nicholaus Kipke (R); Nino Mangione (R); Neil Parrott (R); April Rose (R); Haven Shoemaker (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 7% (10 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 11, 2019 | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| House | Jan 29, 2019 | Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. |
| House | Jan 28, 2019 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 29, 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
