52 total bills, 24 anti-gun bills,
16 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation
52 total bills, 24 anti-gun bills,
16 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Public Safety – Rifles and Shotguns – Sales, Rentals, and Transfers
Description: Providing that a person who is not a certain licensee may not complete the sale, rental, or transfer of a certain rifle or shotgun as a purchaser, lesse, or transferee, except under certain circumstances; requiring, before a certain sale, rental, or transfer is conducted, the seller, lessor, or transferor and purchaser, lessee, or transferee to request that a certain licensee facilitate the sale, rental, or transfer; authorizing a seller, lessor, or transferor to deliver a rifle or shotgun in a certain manner; etc.
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
Last Action Date: May 7, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Firearm Telematics - Study
Description: Defining "firearm telematics" as an electronic sensor or equipment installed on a firearm for purposes of tracking the location of the firearm if it becomes lost or stolen; requiring the Handgun Roster Board under the Department of State Police to study and make recommendations about firearm telematics; requiring the Handgun Roster Board to take certain actions in conducting the study and making recommendations; and requiring the Handgun Roster Board to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2021.
Last Action: Referred Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: March 15, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Qualification License - Training Exemption
Description: Exempting an applicant who is a law enforcement officer with a law enforcement agency in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, or Washington, D.C. from the firearms safety training course requirement for a handgun qualification license.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 2, 2020
Title: Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry - Medical Cannabis
Description: Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized under certain provisions of law to use medical cannabis; establishing the intent of the General Assembly that medical cannabis should be treated as legal for purposes of State law and the State should not penalize a qualifying patient for using the drug legally; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 10, 2020
Title: Handgun Qualification License - Training Requirement - Exemption
Description: Exempting a certain applicant for a handgun qualification license from the requirement to complete a firearms safety training course if the applicant is a certain retired law enforcement officer or a certain active or retired correctional officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff who has successfully completed an initial correctional officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff firearms training course approved by the Secretary of State Police.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 10, 2020
Title: Criminal Law - Deadly Weapons on School Property - Nonpublic Schools (No Weapons on Nonpublic School Property Act)
Description: Altering the scope of a certain prohibition against carrying or possessing a deadly weapon on public school property to include nonpublic school property; and extending specified exceptions that allow the carrying or possessing of a deadly weapon on public school property to nonpublic school property.
Last Action: Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 22, 2020
Title: Public Safety – Lost or Stolen Regulated Firearm – Reporting
Description: Altering penalties applicable to failing to report a lost or stolen regulated firearm.
Last Action: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
Last Action Date: March 18, 2020
Title: Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Firearm Safety Devices
Description: Providing an exemption under the sales and use tax for the sale of certain firearm safety devices, including a firearm safe, firearm lockbox, trigger and barrel lock, or any other item designed for home firearm safety; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 29, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements
Description: Altering a certain prohibition to prohibit a person from storing or leaving a loaded or unloaded firearm in a location where a minor could gain access to the firearm; repealing a certain exception to the prohibition; prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a loaded or unloaded firearm in a location where an unsupervised minor could gain access to the firearm and an unsupervised minor does gain access to the firearm; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 3, 2020
Title: State Government - Emergency Management - Governor Declarations
Description: Requiring the Governor to designate a certain emergency area under certain circumstances during a certain state of emergency; prohibiting a state of emergency to continue for longer than 30 days under certain circumstances; requiring certain executive orders or proclamations to include the effective date; establishing that an executive order or proclamation that declares a state of emergency is authority for the activation of State compacts, laws, programs, policies, or regulations that require the declared state of emergency; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 3/16 at 11:00 a.m.
Last Action Date: March 15, 2020
Title: Criminal Law - Untraceable Firearms
Description: Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, causing to be manufactured, assembling, constructing, possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving certain firearms; prohibiting a person from using a certain 3-dimensional printer to manufacture, cause to be manufactured, assemble, or construct a certain firearm; prohibiting a person from distributing a certain computer program; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Title: Gun Theft Felony Act of 2020
Description: Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing certain penalties for theft of a firearm.
Last Action: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 10, 2020
Title: Regulated Firearms - Straw Purchase - Penalties
Description: Altering the penalties for knowingly participating in a straw purchase of a regulated firearm for a minor or for a person prohibited by law from possessing a regulated firearm; prohibiting a court from suspending any part of a certain mandatory minimum sentence; and providing that a certain person is not eligible for parole during a certain mandatory minimum sentence.
Last Action: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 10, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Education - Firearm Funding (No Funding for Firearms Act)
Description: Prohibiting a county board of education or public school from spending any money from any source to directly or indirectly provide a teacher with a firearm or train a teacher in the use of a firearm; and providing the Act does not apply to a school-approved sport or club that makes use of firearms.
Last Action: Referred Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: March 15, 2020
Title: Criminal Procedure - Appeals - Unlawful Possession of a Firearm
Description: Authorizing the State to appeal from a certain decision in certain criminal cases involving the unlawful possession of a firearm.
Last Action: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 10, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Transfer
Description: Defining the term "transfer" as it relates to a certain exchange of a regulated firearm between two individuals under certain circumstances; providing that the term "transfer" does not include a change in possession that is temporary and occurs under certain circumstances or a change in possession to allow another person to use the regulated firearm exclusively and in the actual presence of the transferor.
Last Action: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 10, 2020
Title: Baltimore City - Imitation Firearms - Prohibition
Description: Prohibiting the sale and display of certain imitation firearms in Baltimore City; and providing that a certain violation is a civil offense subject to a fine of $500 for the first offense and $1,500 for each subsequent offense.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: March 6, 2020
Title: Firearms - Law Enforcement - Patrol Responsibilities (Retail Firearm Business Protection Act)
Description: Requiring certain law enforcement agencies to collaborate with certain retail firearm businesses to establish a policy for monitoring and inspecting the businesses during certain patrols each night during nonbusiness hours.
Last Action: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 10, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers (Firearms Dealers' Safety Act)
Description: Requiring a certain licensed firearms dealer to keep certain electronic records; requiring a licensed dealer to update certain records 1 day after the acquisition of a firearm and 7 days after the sale or disposition of a firearm; requiring a licensed dealer to create a certain video and audio recording and to keep the recording for a certain period of time; requiring a licensed dealer to provide a certain video and audio recording to certain persons under certain circumstances; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 7, 2020
Title: Weapon Crimes - Assault Long Guns and Copycat Weapons
Description: Altering the definition of "copycat weapon" applicable to certain criminal prohibitions relating to assault weapons; requiring a certain person who lawfully possessed a certain firearm before October 1, 2020, to register the firearm with the Department of State Police on or before January 1, 2021; providing that a person who lawfully possessed a certain firearm before a certain date and who voluntarily registers the firearm on or after a certain date and before a certain date is not subject to certain criminal penalties; etc.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: February 24, 2020
Title: Public Safety – Handgun Permit – Church Property (Worshipper Protection Act of 2020)
Description: Authorizing a person who has the written consent of a bona fide church to carry a handgun on the property of the church during services and gatherings, and who has the intent to wear, carry, or transport a handgun for certain purposes on the property of the church, to carry, without a permit, a handgun on the property of the church during certain events and to transport a handgun to and from certain church events with advance notice to the primary law enforcement agency of the county; etc.
Last Action: Hearing canceled
Last Action Date: March 3, 2020
Title: Public Safety – Pilot Program – Handgun Permit – Church Property
Description: Authorizing, in Harford County, a person to, without a permit, carry a handgun on the property of a church during certain events, with advance notice to the Harford County Sheriff, and transport a handgun to and from certain church events if the person has the written consent of a certain church to carry a handgun on the property during certain events and has the intent to wear, carry, or transport a handgun for certain purposes on the property of the church; etc.
Last Action: Hearing canceled
Last Action Date: March 3, 2020
Title: Criminal Procedure - Forfeiture of Firearms - Sale to Dealer
Description: Authorizing a certain law enforcement unit to sell, exchange, or transfer certain forfeited firearms to a certain firearms dealer under certain circumstances.
Last Action: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 10, 2020
Title: Public Safety – Regulated Firearms – Reporting Loss or Theft
Description: Altering, from 72 hours to 48 hours, the time period within which the owner of a lost or stolen regulated firearm must report the loss or theft to a certain law enforcement agency.
Last Action: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 7, 2020
Title: Handgun Permits - Qualifications - High Risk Occupations
Description: Requiring the Secretary of State Police to issue a certain permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun to a person who meets certain requirements and is employed in a certain profession.
Last Action: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 10, 2020
Title: Firearms - Right to Purchase, Possess, and Carry - Use of Medical Cannabis
Description: Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use medical cannabis.
Last Action: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Last Action Date: February 12, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Permit to Carry, Wear, or Transport a Handgun - Qualifications
Description: Clarifying that personal protection or self-defense can qualify as a good and substantial reason to carry, wear, or transport a handgun for purposes of the issuance by the Secretary of State Police of a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun.
Last Action: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Last Action Date: February 17, 2020
Title: Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study
Description: Requiring the Office of the Attorney General to study and identify certain information relating to certain firearm crimes, injuries, fatalities, and crime firearms; requiring all State and local law enforcement agencies and other governmental units to provide the Office of the Attorney General with all information necessary to complete the study; requiring the Office of the Attorney General to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2020, December 1, 2021, and December 1, 2022; etc.
Last Action: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 491
Last Action Date: May 8, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Regulated Firearm - Definition
Description: Altering the definition of "regulated firearm" to include the Anderson Manufacturing .223 caliber AM-15 and .300 caliber AM-15.
Last Action: Hearing 1/15 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 3, 2020
Title: Licensing - Fingerprint Requirement
Description: Exempting certain applicants for certain licenses from the requirement to submit a set of fingerprints with the application if the applicant has submitted certain fingerprints for a prior license application in the State.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: February 18, 2020
Title: Income Tax Checkoff - Maryland Assault Weapons Buyback Fund
Description: Establishing the Maryland Assault Weapons Buyback Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund and establishing a related income tax return checkoff; requiring the Department of State Police to administer the Fund and to adopt certain regulations to implement the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2022 to appropriate $50,000 for the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; etc.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: January 16, 2020
Title: Handgun Qualification License - Training Requirement - Exemption
Description: Exempting an applicant for a handgun qualification license from the requirement to complete a firearms safety training course if the applicant is a certain retired law enforcement officer or a certain active or retired correctional officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff who has successfully completed an initial correctional officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff firearms training course approved by the Secretary of State Police.
Last Action: Referred Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 14, 2020
Title: Firearms - Right to Purchase, Possess, and Carry - Use of Medical Cannabis
Description: Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use medical cannabis.
Last Action: Referred Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 17, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Permit to Carry, Wear, or Transport a Handgun - Qualifications
Description: Clarifying that personal protection or self-defense can qualify as a good and substantial reason to carry, wear, or transport a handgun for purposes of the issuance by the Secretary of State Police of a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun.
Last Action: Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 17, 2020
Title: Public Safety – Rifles and Shotguns – Sales, Rentals, and Transfers
Description: Providing that a person who is not a certain licensee may not complete a sale, rental, or transfer of a certain rifle or shotgun as a purchaser, lessee, or transferee or seller, lessor, or transferor, except under certain circumstances; requiring, before a certain sale, rental, or transfer is conducted, the seller, lessor, or transferor and purchaser, lessee, or transferee to both request that a certain licensee facilitate the sale, rental, or transfer; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
Last Action Date: May 7, 2020
Title: Criminal Procedure - Forfeiture of Firearms - Sale to Dealer
Description: Authorizing a certain law enforcement unit to sell, exchange, or transfer certain forfeited firearms to a federally licensed firearms dealer certain circumstances.
Last Action: Hearing 2/11 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 29, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Qualification License - Training Exemption
Description: Exempting an applicant who is a law enforcement officer with a law enforcement agency in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, or Washington, D.C. from the firearms safety training course requirement for a handgun qualification license.
Last Action: Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 23, 2020
Title: Firearms - Permit to Carry, Wear, or Transport - Required Courses
Description: Requiring a person to whom a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun has been issued to successfully complete each calendar year certain courses approved by the Secretary of State Police; exempting certain persons from the requirement to complete certain courses under certain circumstances; authorizing the Secretary to revoke a permit if a person fails to successfully complete a certain course; etc.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: February 20, 2020
Title: Criminal Procedure - Appeals - Unlawful Possession of a Firearm
Description: Authorizing the State to appeal from a certain decision in certain criminal cases involving the unlawful possession of a firearm.
Last Action: Hearing 2/13 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 29, 2020
Title: Firearms - Handgun Permit - Preliminary Approval
Description: Authorizing a person to apply for preliminary approval of a handgun permit to wear, carry, or transport a handgun without completing a certified firearms training course; requiring the Secretary of State Police to investigate an application for a handgun permit; requiring the Secretary to issue preliminary approval if the applicant meets certain requirements except the certified firearms training course; requiring an applicant to satisfy the firearms training requirement within 120 days after receipt of preliminary approval; etc.
Last Action: Referred Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 28, 2020
Title: Criminal Law - Crimes Against Property - Right to Defend Property (Castle Doctrine)
Description: Establishing that an occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force against another person, including deadly physical force, when the other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, the occupant reasonably believes that force or deadly force is necessary to repel an attack, and the amount and nature of the force used by the occupant are reasonable under the circumstances; establishing that a person acting in accordance with the Act is immune from certain criminal prosecution; etc.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: February 17, 2020
Title: Public Safety – Access to Firearms – Storage Requirements (Jaelynn’s Law)
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.
Last Action: Referred Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 17, 2020
Title: Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun
Description: Classifying the theft of a handgun as a felony; and establishing certain penalties for theft of a handgun.
Last Action: Hearing 3/03 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Title: Gun Theft Felony Act of 2020
Description: Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing certain penalties for theft of a firearm.
Last Action: Hearing 3/03 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers (Firearms Dealers' Safety Act)
Description: Requiring a certain licensed firearms dealer to keep certain electronic records; requiring a licensed dealer to update records 1 business day after the acquisition of a firearm and 7 days after the sale or disposition of a firearm; requiring a licensed dealer to create a certain video and audio recording and to keep the recording for a certain period of time; requiring a licensed dealer to provide a certain video and audio recording to certain persons under certain circumstances; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/20 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Title: Firearms - Dealer's License and Handgun Permit - Notice of Expiration
Description: Requiring the Secretary of State Police to provide a certain notice to a certain firearms dealer and to a holder of a certain handgun permit of the impending expiration of the dealer's license or handgun permit at least 60 days before the expiration of the license or permit.
Last Action: Hearing 2/26 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Title: Firearms - Handgun Qualification License - Firearms Safety Training
Description: Repealing a requirement to obtain a handgun qualification license that a certain firearms safety training course include a certain firearms orientation component.
Last Action: Hearing 2/26 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Title: Criminal Law - Untraceable Firearms
Description: Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, causing to be manufactured, assembling, constructing, possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving certain firearms; prohibiting a person from using a certain 3-dimensional printer to manufacture, cause to be manufactured, assemble, or construct a certain firearm; prohibiting a person from distributing a certain computer program; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 3/03 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2020
Title: Baltimore City - Imitation Firearms - Prohibition
Description: Prohibiting the sale and display of certain imitation firearms in Baltimore City; and providing that a certain violation is a civil offense subject to a fine of $500 for the first offense and $1,500 for each subsequent offense.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: March 9, 2020
Title: Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study
Description: Requiring the Office of the Attorney General to study and identify certain information relating to certain firearm crimes, injuries, fatalities, and crime firearms; requiring all State and local law enforcement agencies and other governmental units to provide the Office of the Attorney General with any and all information necessary to complete the study; requiring the Office of the Attorney General to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2020, December 1, 2021, and December 1, 2022; etc.
Last Action: Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Last Action Date: March 18, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Lost or Stolen Regulated Firearm - Reporting
Description: Altering penalties applicable to failing to report a lost or stolen regulated firearm.
Last Action: Referred Health and Government Operations
Last Action Date: March 18, 2020
Title: Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Transfer
Description: Defining the term "transfer" as it relates to a certain exchange of a regulated firearm between two individuals under certain circumstances; providing that the term "transfer" does not include a change in possession that is temporary and occurs under certain circumstances or a change in possession to allow another person to use the regulated firearm exclusively and in the actual presence of the transferor.
Last Action: First Reading Senate Rules
Last Action Date: February 28, 2020
