Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB10
Legislation Overview
Title: Election Law – Polling Sites – Firearms Prohibitions
Subject: Elections: Boundaries: Crimes and Punishments: Guns: Penalties and Sentences: Voting
Description: Prohibiting a person from carrying or displaying a firearm on the premises of a privately or publicly owned building being used as a polling site during an election, including in a parking lot, or carrying or possessing a firearm within 100 feet of a polling site during an election, subject to certain exceptions; and establishing a certain civil penalty of up to $5,000 for a certain violation.
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
Last Action Date: March 12, 2021
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Jeff Waldstreicher (D); William Ferguson (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 4% (2 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 12, 2021 | Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m. |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2021 | Third Reading Passed (33-13) |
| House | Mar 11, 2021 | Referred Ways and Means |
| Senate | Mar 9, 2021 | Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 9, 2021 | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| Senate | Mar 9, 2021 | Floor Amendment {174831/1 (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 5, 2021 | Motion Special Order until 3/9 (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 4, 2021 | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| Senate | Mar 4, 2021 | Favorable with Amendments {114131/1 Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 4, 2021 | Floor Amendment {423023/1 (Senator Bailey) Rejected (17-30) |
| Senate | Mar 3, 2021 | Motion Laid Over (Senator Bailey) Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 3, 2021 | Favorable with Amendments {114131/1 |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2021 | Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| Senate | Jan 19, 2021 | Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m. |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2021 | First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| Senate | Oct 23, 2020 | Pre-filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Engrossed | Mar 4, 2021 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Dec 30, 2020 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Floor Amendment 174831/1 (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted | Floor Amendment 174831/1 (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted | Mar 9, 2021 | State Link | amendment text | Yes |
| Floor Amendment 423023/1 (Senator Bailey) Rejected (17-30) | Floor Amendment 423023/1 (Senator Bailey) Rejected (17-30) | Mar 4, 2021 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Favorable with Amendments 114131/1 | Favorable with Amendments 114131/1 | Mar 3, 2021 | 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 423023/1 (Senator Bailey) Rejected | 03/4/2021 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 0 | No |
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| Third Reading Passed | 03/11/2021 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
