Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB396
Legislation Overview
Title: Crimes - Firearms - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2022)
Subject: Criminal Law - Procedures: Appeals: Commerce and Business: Crimes and Punishments: Dealers: District Courts: Emergency Bills: Equipment: Evidence: Guns: Parole and Probation: Penalties and Sentences: Pretrial Detention or Release: Repeat Offenders: Theft: Violence
Description: Expanding the types of cases in which the State may appeal from a decision of a trial court under certain circumstances; establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; etc.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 26, 2022
Sponsors
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13 sponsors: Jack Bailey (R); Mary Carozza (R); Bob Cassilly (R); Adelaide Eckardt (R); George Edwards (R); Jason Gallion (R); Stephen Hershey (R); Michael Hough (R); J.B. Jennings (R); Justin Ready (R); Johnny Salling (R); Bryan Simonaire (R); Chris West (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 28% (13 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 26, 2022 | Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. |
| Senate | Jan 24, 2022 | First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 25, 2022 | 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
