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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB479

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements (Jaelynn's Law)

Subject: Public Safety: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Crimes and Punishments: Guns: Minors: Penalties and Sentences: Storage

Description: Altering a certain prohibition to prohibit a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where a minor could gain access to the firearm; altering a certain exception to the prohibition; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where an unsupervised minor could gain access to the firearm and an unsupervised minor does gain access to the firearm and the firearm causes harm to the minor or another person; establishing certain penalties; etc.

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.

Last Action Date: January 27, 2021

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: William Smith (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 2% (1 of 47)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jan 27, 2021 Hearing canceled
Senate Jan 27, 2021 Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
Senate Jan 25, 2021 Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Jan 20, 2021 First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 21, 2021 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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