Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB781
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Permit - Church or Religious Organization Property (Parishioner Protection Act of 2019)
Subject: Public Safety: Guns: Places of Worship: Safety: Self Defense
Description: Authorizing a person who has the written consent of a bona fide church or religious organization to carry a handgun on the property of the church or religious organization during certain events and who has the intent to wear, carry, or transport a handgun for certain purposes on the property of the church or religious organization to, without a permit, carry a handgun on the property of the church or religious organization during certain events and transport a handgun to and from certain church or religious organization events; etc.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 11, 2019
Sponsors
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25 sponsors: Kathy Szeliga (R); Steven Arentz (R); Lauren Arikan (R); Wendell Beitzel (R); Joseph Boteler (R); Jason Buckel (R); Andrew Cassilly (R); Brian Chisholm (R); Barrie Ciliberti (R); Paul Corderman (R); Jeff Ghrist (R); Robin Grammer (R); Wayne Hartman (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Seth Howard (R); Susan Krebs (R); Nino Mangione (R); Susan McComas (R); Mike Mckay (R); Ric Metzgar (R); Warren Miller (R); Neil Parrott (R); Teresa Reilly (R); April Rose (R); Haven Shoemaker (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 18% (25 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 11, 2019 | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| House | Feb 8, 2019 | First Reading Judiciary |
| House | Feb 8, 2019 | Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 8, 2019 | 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
