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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB1264

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Legislation Overview

Title: Primary and Secondary Schools - Law Enforcement Presence (School Safety Act 2018: Deterrence)

Subject: Public Safety: Primary and Secondary Education: Emergencies: Guns: Law Enforcement: Private Schools: Public Schools: Safety: State Police, Department of: Time

Description: Requiring each public school to have an armed school resource officer present on school grounds during regular school hours on school days; requiring the Department of State Police to assign a State Police officer to a certain public school under certain circumstances; authorizing a private school to have an armed school resource officer on school grounds; requiring a local law enforcement agency to collaborate with a local public school to establish a reasonable time for responding to an emergency at the public school; etc.

Session: 2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Hearing 3/23 at 11:30 a.m.

Last Action Date: March 23, 2018

Sponsors

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3 sponsors: J Jennings (R); Thomas Miller (D); Stephen Waugh (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 6% (3 of 47)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Mar 29, 2018 Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Mar 23, 2018 Hearing 3/23 at 11:30 a.m.
Senate Mar 21, 2018 Hearing canceled
Senate Mar 16, 2018 Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
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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