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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB636

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements

Subject: Public Safety: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Crimes and Punishments: Guns: Minors: Penalties and Sentences: Storage

Description: Altering a certain prohibition to prohibit a person from storing or leaving a loaded or unloaded firearm in a location where a minor could gain access to the firearm; repealing a certain exception to the prohibition; prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a loaded or unloaded firearm in a location where an unsupervised minor could gain access to the firearm and an unsupervised minor does gain access to the firearm; etc.

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.

Last Action Date: February 3, 2020

Sponsors

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23 sponsors: Dana Stein (D); Lesley Lopez (D); Vanessa Atterbeary (D); Alice Cain (D); Alfred Carr (D); Lorig Charkoudian (D); Catherine Forbes (D);Michele Guyton (D); Ariana Kelly (D); Marc Korman (D); Robbyn Lewis (D); Brooke Lierman (D); Sara Love (D); David Moon (D); Joseline Pena-Melnyk (D); Pamela Queen (D); Samuel Rosenberg (D); Emily Shetty (D); Jared Solomon (D); Vaughn Stewart (D); Jen Terrasa (D); Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D); Courtney Watson (D);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 16% (23 of 141)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 3, 2020 Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
House Jan 29, 2020 First Reading Judiciary
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 29, 2020 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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