Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB646
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: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 17, 2020
Sponsors
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19 sponsors: William Smith (D); Malcolm Augustine (D); Pamela Beidle (D); Joanne Benson (D); Sarah Elfreth (D); Brian Feldman (D); Guy Guzzone (D); Delores Kelley (D); Nancy King (D); Clarence Lam (D); Susan Lee (D); Douglas Peters (D); Paul Pinsky (D); James Rosapepe (D); Jeff Waldstreicher (D); Mary Washington (D); Ronald Young (D); Shelly Hettleman (D); Craig Zucker (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 40% (19 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 17, 2020 | Floor Amendment {463920/1 (Senator Bailey) Rejected (16-28) |
| House | Mar 17, 2020 | Referred Judiciary |
| Senate | Mar 17, 2020 | Third Reading Passed (29-16) |
| Senate | Mar 17, 2020 | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| Senate | Mar 17, 2020 | Floor Amendment {743824/1 (Senator Serafini) Rejected (18-27) |
| Senate | Mar 16, 2020 | Committee Amendment Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 16, 2020 | Favorable with Amendments {228870/1 |
| Senate | Mar 16, 2020 | Favorable with Amendments Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 16, 2020 | Floor Amendment {463920/1 (Senator Bailey) |
| Senate | Mar 16, 2020 | Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Jennings) Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 13, 2020 | Motion Special Order until 3/16 (Senator Hough) Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 13, 2020 | Favorable with Amendments {228870/1 |
| Senate | Mar 12, 2020 | Favorable with Amendments {228870/1 |
| Senate | Mar 12, 2020 | Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2020 | Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2020 | Hearing 2/20 at 12:00 p.m. |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2020 | First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Engrossed | Mar 17, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Feb 6, 2020 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Floor Amendment 743824/1 (Senator Serafini) Rejected (18-27) | Floor Amendment 743824/1 (Senator Serafini) Rejected (18-27) | Mar 17, 2020 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Floor Amendment 463920/1 (Senator Bailey) | Floor Amendment 463920/1 (Senator Bailey) | Mar 16, 2020 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Favorable with Amendments 228870/1 | Favorable with Amendments 228870/1 | Mar 12, 2020 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Floor Amendment 463920/1 (Senator Bailey) Rejected | 03/17/2020 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 2 | No |
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| Floor Amendment 743824/1 (Senator Serafini) Rejected | 03/17/2020 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 2 | No |
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| Third Reading Passed | 03/17/2020 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
