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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB773

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Legislation Overview

Title: Regulated Firearms - Encoded Ammunition - Tax

Subject: Public Safety: Taxes - Miscellaneous: Crimes and Punishments: Dealers: Guns: Penalties and Sentences: Records: Revenue and Taxes: Sales and Use Tax: State Police, Department of: Tax Credits: Weapons: Electronic Government: Identification: Labeling

Description: Authorizing a person to sell ammunition for a regulated firearm on or after a specified date only in accordance with the Act; requiring an ammunition manufacturer to encode ammunition for a regulated firearm in a specified way; requiring the Secretary of State Police, beginning on a specified date, to establish and maintain an encoded ammunition database; imposing a tax of 5 cents per round on the sale of encoded ammunition beginning on a specified date; etc.

Session: 2013 Regular Session

Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn

Last Action Date: March 4, 2013

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Burns

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 141)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Mar 8, 2013 Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
House Mar 5, 2013 Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
House Mar 4, 2013 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn
House Feb 14, 2013 Hearing cancelled (Ways and Means)
House Feb 6, 2013 First Reading Judiciary and Ways and Means
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Feb 6, 2013 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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