Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB577
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety - Firearms - Liability Insurance Requirement
Subject: Public Safety: Insurance - Other than Health: Commerce and Business: Dealers: Guns: Insurance: Leases and Rent: Liability: Penalties and Sentences: Safety: Weapons
Description: Requiring a person who possesses a firearm to maintain liability insurance that provides coverage of at least $250,000 for accidental injuries caused by the firearm; requiring a person who sells, rents, or transfers a firearm to verify that the purchaser, lessee, or transferee has specified liability insurance; establishing specified penalties for a violation of the Act; requiring a person who possesses a firearm before the effective date of the Act to comply with the requirements of the Act on or before January 1, 2014; etc.
Session: 2013 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing cancelled
Last Action Date: March 1, 2013
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Raskin; Ferguson
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 4% (2 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 6, 2013 | Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. |
| Senate | Mar 5, 2013 | Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
| Senate | Mar 1, 2013 | Hearing cancelled |
| Senate | Feb 27, 2013 | Hearing cancelled |
| Senate | Feb 1, 2013 | First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 1, 2013 | 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
