Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB749
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry - Medical Cannabis (Patients' Rights Act)
Subject: Public Safety: Administrative Agencies: Cannabis: Controlled Dangerous Substances: Forms: Guns: Patients: Privacy
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; establishing the intent of the General Assembly that medical cannabis should be treated as legal for certain purposes and the State should not penalize a qualifying patient for using the drug legally; etc.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. (Judiciary)
Last Action Date: February 8, 2019
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Robin Grammer (R); Lauren Arikan (R); Kathy Szeliga (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (3 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 8, 2019 | First Reading Judiciary and Health and Government Operations |
| House | Feb 8, 2019 | Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. (Judiciary) |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 8, 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
