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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB1263

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Legislation Overview

Title: Public Safety – School Mental Health Services and Mental Disorder Weapon Restraining Order

Subject: Public Safety: Primary and Secondary Education: Appropriations: Assessments: Budgets: Committees and Commissions: Contracts: Counselors: Counties: Court of Appeals: Crimes and Punishments: Disclosure: Education, Boards of: Education, State Department of: Emergencies: Fraud: Governor: Grants: Guns: Health: Hearings: Judges: Juvenile Causes: Law Enforcement: Mental and Behavioral Health: Minors: Notices: Penalties and Sentences: Petitions: Protection Orders: Psychiatrists: Psychologists: Public Schools: Records: Reports: Safety: School Administration: Social Workers: State Employees: State's Attorneys: Students: Threats: Time: Violence

Description: Altering a certain prohibition on making certain threats to commit or cause to be committed a crime of violence; requiring the State Department of Education to develop a certain model policy for the establishment of a threat assessment team by January 1, 2019; authorizing a certain petitioner, under certain circumstances, to file a petition for a certain restraining order alleging that, due to a mental disorder, a certain respondent is a danger to self or the person or property of another; etc.

Session: 2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Hearing 3/23 at 11:30 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings)

Last Action Date: March 23, 2018

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Stephen Waugh (R); Thomas Miller (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 4% (2 of 47)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Mar 29, 2018 Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
Senate Mar 23, 2018 Hearing 3/23 at 11:30 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
Senate Mar 21, 2018 Hearing canceled
Senate Mar 16, 2018 Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Senate Mar 13, 2018 First Reading Senate Rules
Senate Mar 13, 2018 Referred Senate Rules
Senate Mar 13, 2018 Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Senator Waugh) Adopted
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Mar 13, 2018 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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