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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB423

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Crimes - Firearms - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2022)

Subject: Criminal Law - Procedures: Appeals: Commerce and Business: Crimes and Punishments: Dealers: District Courts: Emergency Bills: Equipment: Evidence: Guns: Parole and Probation: Penalties and Sentences: Pretrial Detention or Release: Repeat Offenders: Theft: Violence

Description: Expanding the types of cases in which the State may appeal from a decision of a trial court under certain circumstances; establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; etc.

Session: 2022 Regular Session

Last Action: Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.

Last Action Date: January 27, 2022

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'.

30 sponsors: Carl Anderton (R); Joseph Boteler (R); Jason Buckel (R); Brian Chisholm (R); Jeff Ghrist (R); Michael Griffith (R); Wayne Hartman (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Seth Howard (R); Jay Jacobs (R); Nicholaus Kipke (R); Trent Kittleman (R); Susan Krebs (R); Bob Long (R); Nino Mangione (R); Johnny Mautz (R); Susan McComas (R); Mike Mckay (R); Ric Metzgar (R); Matt Morgan (R); Rachel Munoz (R); Reid Novotny (R); Charles Otto (R); Neil Parrott (R); Teresa Reilly (R); Sid Saab (R); Haven Shoemaker (R); Kathy Szeliga (R); Brenda Thiam (R);William Wivell (R);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 21% (30 of 141)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 27, 2022 Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
House Jan 19, 2022 First Reading Judiciary
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 25, 2022 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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