Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB659
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearm Safety - Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn's Law)
Subject: Public Safety: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Public Health: Administrative Agencies: Crimes and Punishments: Death: Equipment: Guns: Health: internet: Minors: Penalties and Sentences: Public Information: Safety: Storage
Description: Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised minor; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide, with recommendations from a stakeholder committee.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 3, 2022
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Dana Stein (D); Sandy Bartlett (D); Joseline Pena-Melnyk (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (3 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 3, 2022 | Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Jan 31, 2022 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 1, 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
