Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB534
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry - Medical Cannabis (Patients' Rights Act)
Subject: Public Safety: Administrative Agencies: Cannabis: Forms: Guns: Patients
Description: Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is a certain qualifying patient; defining the term "qualifying patient" to mean a person who is authorized under certain provisions of law to use medical cannabis; prohibiting a State agency from accessing a certain database to obtain certain information; prohibiting a State agency from inquiring about a person's status as a certain qualifying patient for a certain purpose; etc.
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
Last Action Date: March 6, 2018
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'.
3 sponsors: Robin Grammer (R); Glen Glass (R); Kevin Hornberger (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (3 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 6, 2018 | Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| House | Jan 26, 2018 | First Reading Judiciary and Health and Government Operations |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 26, 2018 | 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
