Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB468
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements
Subject: Public Safety: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Guns: Minors: Penalties and Sentences: Safety: Storage
Description: Prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a loaded or unloaded firearm in a location where a child could gain access to the firearm unless the firearm is locked by a certain safety lock or is secured in a container that is capable of preventing an unintended person from gaining access to the contents; altering the definition of "child" to be an individual under the age of 18 years instead of 16 years; and providing a penalty for a violation of the Act of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m.
Last Action Date: February 1, 2019
Sponsors
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20 sponsors: Dana Stein (D); Emily Shetty (D); Vanessa Atterbeary (D); Ben Barnes (D); Sandy Bartlett (D); Kumar Barve (D); James Gilchrist (D); Shelly Hettleman (D); Ariana Kelly (D); Marc Korman (D); Stephen Lafferty (D); Jazz Lewis (D); Robbyn Lewis (D); Brooke Lierman (D); David Moon (D); Kirill Reznik (D); Samuel Rosenberg (D); Jared Solomon (D); Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D); Courtney Watson (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 14% (20 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 1, 2019 | First Reading Judiciary |
| House | Feb 1, 2019 | Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 1, 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
