Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB968
Legislation Overview
Title: Regulated Firearms - Straw Purchase - Penalties
Subject: Public Safety: Courts: Guns: Parole and Probation: Penalties and Sentences: Repeat Offenders
Description: Altering the penalties for knowingly participating in a straw purchase of a regulated firearm for a minor or for a person prohibited by law from possessing a regulated firearm; prohibiting a court from suspending any part of a certain mandatory minimum sentence; and providing that a certain person is not eligible for parole during a certain mandatory minimum sentence.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 10, 2020
Sponsors
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40 sponsors: Nicholaus Kipke (R); Christopher Adams (R); Carl Anderton (R); Steven Arentz (R); Lauren Arikan (R); Wendell Beitzel (R); Joseph Boteler (R); Jason Buckel (R); Brian Chisholm (R); Barrie Ciliberti (R); Jerry Clark (R); Paul Corderman (R); Dan Cox (R); Mark Fisher (R); Jeff Ghrist (R); Michael Griffith (R);Wayne Hartman (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Seth Howard (R); Jay Jacobs (R); Trent Kittleman (R); Susan Krebs (R); Bob Long (R); Michael Malone (R); Nino Mangione (R); Johnny Mautz (R); Susan McComas (R); Mike Mckay (R); Ric Metzgar (R); Warren Miller (R); Matt Morgan (R); Charles Otto (R); Neil Parrott (R); Jesse Pippy (R); Teresa Reilly (R); April Rose (R); Sid Saab (R); Haven Shoemaker (R); Kathy Szeliga (R); William Wivell (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 28% (40 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 10, 2020 | Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Feb 5, 2020 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 6, 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
