41 total bills, 13 anti-gun bills,
10 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation
41 total bills, 13 anti-gun bills,
10 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Payment of Fees
Description: Altering the manner in which an applicant for a handgun permit is required to pay a certain fee to allow for payment by electronic check, credit card, or a method of online payment approved by the Secretary of State Police.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 43
Last Action Date: April 18, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Firearms Disqualifications - Antique Firearm (Shadé's Law)
Description: Applying certain provisions disqualifying a person from possessing a rifle or shotgun to an antique firearm.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: March 14, 2019
Title: Public Safety – Regulated Firearms – Prohibition of Loans
Description: Prohibiting a certain dealer or other person from loaning a regulated firearm to a certain borrower under certain circumstances; prohibiting a certain dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a certain person who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe intends to use the regulated firearm to commit a crime or cause harm to the purchaser, lessee, transferee, or recipient or another person; creating a certain exception; etc.
Last Action: First Reading Senate Rules
Last Action Date: April 2, 2019
Title: Crimes - Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime of Violence or Felony - Penalties (The Repeat Firearms Offender Act of 2019)
Description: Altering penalties for a certain crime relating to use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence or felony.
Last Action: Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m.
Last Action Date: January 24, 2019
Title: Final Protective Orders – Relief – Transfer of Wireless Telephone Service
Description: Authorizing a court, in a final protective order, to order a wireless telephone service provider to transfer to a person eligible for relief the billing responsibility for and the right to continue the use of any telephone number used by the person eligible for relief or a minor child in the person's custody if the person eligible for relief is not the account holder; requiring a wireless telephone service provider to comply with a certain order unless the wireless telephone service provider notifies the court of certain circumstances; etc.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: April 4, 2019
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 wear, carry, 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; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly that an amount representing the increase in General Fund revenues, less increased administrative costs, realized from the increased number of permits issued under the Act be included in the annual budget to fund certain school mental health programs.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 11, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Education - Firearm Funding
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: First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: March 8, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements
Description: Prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a loaded or unloaded firearm in a location where a child could gain access to the firearm unless the firearm is locked by a certain safety lock or is secured in a container that is capable of preventing an unintended person from gaining access to the contents; altering the definition of "child" to be an individual under the age of 18 years instead of 16 years; and providing a penalty for a violation of the Act of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
Last Action: Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m.
Last Action Date: February 1, 2019
Title: Public Schools - Use of Lead Ammunition in School Programs - Prohibition
Description: Prohibiting a school-approved sport, club, or course of instruction from using lead ammunition in training, practice, or athletic competition.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: February 18, 2019
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: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 11, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Colt AR-15 Sporter H-BAR Rifle
Description: Altering the definition of "regulated firearm" to include the previously excepted Colt AR-15 Sporter H-BAR rifle.
Last Action: Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2019
Title: Criminal Law – Firearms – Computer–Aided Fabrication and Serial Number (3–D Printed Firearms )
Description: Prohibiting a person from possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving a firearm manufactured using a computer-aided fabrication device unless the firearm is imprinted with a serial number issued by a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer; establishing penalties of up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine of up to $5,000, or both for violations of the Act; requiring, by September 30, 2019, the Department of State Police to develop a plan for a State system for the registration of certain firearms; etc.
Last Action: First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: March 18, 2019
Title: Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry - Medical Cannabis (Patients' Rights Act)
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 a certain qualifying patient; defining the term "qualifying patient" to mean a person who 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 certain purposes and the State should not penalize a qualifying patient for using the drug legally; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. (Judiciary)
Last Action Date: February 8, 2019
Title: Harford County Parishioner Protection Pilot Program
Description: Authorizing, in Harford County, a person to, without a permit, carry a handgun on the property of a church or religious organization during certain events and transport a handgun to and from certain church or religious organization events if the person has the written consent of a certain church or religious organization 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 or religious organization; etc.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 11, 2019
Title: Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention – Crime Firearms – Study
Description: Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to study and compile information regarding certain matters that relate to certain crime firearms; requiring the Department of State Police to provide certain information for the study; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2020; etc.
Last Action: Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: April 8, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Permit - Church or Religious Organization Property (Parishioner Protection Act of 2019)
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.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 11, 2019
Title: Public Safety – Rifles and Shotguns – Secondary Transactions
Description: Providing that a person who is not a certain licensee may not complete the transfer of a certain rifle or shotgun as transferor or transferee, except under certain circumstances; requiring, before a certain transfer is conducted, the transferor and transferee to meet jointly with a certain licensee and request that the licensee facilitate the transfer; requiring a licensee to take certain actions when facilitating a transfer; etc.
Last Action: Delegates Clippinger, Lopez, and Moon
Last Action Date: April 8, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Assault Weapons - Replacements
Description: Authorizing a person to replace a lost or broken assault weapon that was lawfully possessed in accordance with certain provisions of law if the replacement is registered with the Secretary of State Police.
Last Action: Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2019
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 to enhance home firearm safety.
Last Action: Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 12, 2019
Title: Criminal Law - Crimes Against Property - Right to Defend Property (Stand Your Ground Act)
Description: Establishing that an occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force against another person when the other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that the other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the unlawful entry or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the unlawful entry; establishing that a person acting in accordance with the Act is immune from certain criminal prosecution; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 11, 2019
Title: Criminal Law – Crimes Against Property – Right to Defend Property
Description: Establishing that an occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force against another person 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 by the other person, and the amount and nature of the force used by the occupant is 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 Judiciary; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: March 14, 2019
Title: No Fear in Education Act – Student Protection in School
Description: Requiring each public school and certain nonpublic schools to have at least two trained individuals who have a handgun permit and carry a handgun or at least two school resource officers who carry firearms; requiring each county board of education and certain nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Maryland Center for School Safety; requiring the School Safety Grant Program to provide grants to certain schools for a single-point-of-entry system and bullet-resistant glass for classrooms; etc.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 14, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Permit Review Board - Repeal
Description: Repealing the Handgun Permit Review Board in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; providing the process by which a person who is denied a certain handgun permit or renewal of a permit or whose permit is revoked or limited by the Secretary of State Police may appeal the decision to the Office of Administrative Hearings; requiring the Office of Administrative hearings to make a certain annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2019, through January 1, 2022; etc.
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
Last Action Date: May 24, 2019
Title: Criminal Law - Computer-Aided Firearm Fabrication - Prohibitions
Description: Prohibiting a person from using a certain computer-aided fabrication device to manufacture a firearm; prohibiting a person from possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving a firearm manufactured using a certain computer-aided fabrication device; prohibiting a person from possessing, distributing, transmitting, publishing, selling, transferring, or purchasing a certain computer control language, computer program, computer software, or computer database; establishing certain penalties; etc.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: March 4, 2019
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: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: March 13, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Payment of Fees
Description: Altering the manner in which an applicant for a handgun permit is required to pay a certain fee to allow payment by electronic check, credit card, or a method of online payment approved by the Secretary of State Police.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 44
Last Action Date: April 18, 2019
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: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: March 13, 2019
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: Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: March 13, 2019
Title: Handgun Permits - Criminal History Records Checks - Fingerprint Submission Exception
Description: Establishing that the Secretary of State Police is not required to submit certain fingerprints with a certain application for a criminal history records check if the applicant's fingerprints are already on file with the Department of State Police.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: February 4, 2019
Title: Crimes - Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime of Violence or Felony - Penalties (The Repeat Firearms Offender Act of 2019)
Description: Altering penalties for a certain crime relating to use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence or felony.
Last Action: Hearing 2/07 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 25, 2019
Title: Handgun Qualification License - Training Requirement - Exemption
Description: Exempting a certain applicant for a handgun qualification license from a certain training requirement if the applicant is a certain retired law enforcement officer or a certain active or retired correctional officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff under certain circumstances.
Last Action: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: March 13, 2019
Title: Public Safety – Regulated Firearms – Prohibition of Loans
Description: Prohibiting a certain dealer or other person from loaning a regulated firearm to a certain borrower under certain circumstances; prohibiting a certain dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a certain person who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe intends to commit a certain crime or cause certain harm; creating a certain exception; and providing that a person who is the borrower of a regulated firearm is not required to take a certified firearms safety training course.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 458
Last Action Date: May 13, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements
Description: Prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a loaded or an unloaded firearm in a location where a child could gain access to the firearm, unless the firearm is locked by a certain safety lock or is secured in a container that is capable of preventing an unintended person from gaining access to the contents; altering the definition of "child" to be an individual under the age of 18 years instead of 16 years; and providing a penalty for a violation of the Act of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
Last Action: Hearing 2/21 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Education - Firearm Funding
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.
Last Action: Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
Last Action Date: February 5, 2019
Title: Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention – Crime Firearms – Study
Description: Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to study and compile information regarding certain matters that relate to certain crime firearms; requiring the Department of State Police to provide certain information for the study; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2020.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 335
Last Action Date: April 30, 2019
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 under certain circumstances.
Last Action: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Last Action Date: March 26, 2019
Title: Public Safety – Assault Weapons – Replacements
Description: Authorizing a person to replace a lost or broken assault weapon that was lawfully possessed in accordance with certain provisions of law if the replacement is registered with the Secretary of State Police.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: March 11, 2019
Title: Public Safety – Rifles and Shotguns – Sales, Rentals, Transfers, and Loans
Description: Providing that a person who is not a certain licensee may not complete the sale of a certain rifle or shotgun, except under certain circumstances; requiring, before a certain sale is conducted, the seller and purchaser to meet jointly with a certain licensee and request that the licensee facilitate the sale; requiring a licensee to take certain actions when facilitating a sale; exempting a certain person from a certain background check under certain circumstances; etc.
Last Action: Rereferred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: April 8, 2019
Title: Criminal Law – Firearms – Computer–Aided Fabrication and Serial Number
Description: Prohibiting a person from transporting into the State a certain firearm that is not imprinted with a certain serial number or manufacturing, possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving a certain firearm that is not imprinted with a certain serial number; prohibiting a person from using a certain computer-aided fabrication device to manufacture a certain firearm; establishing certain penalties; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/27 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Permit Review Board - Repeal
Description: Repealing the Handgun Permit Review Board in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; providing the process by which a person who is denied a certain handgun permit or renewal of a permit or whose permit is revoked or limited by the Secretary of State Police may appeal the decision to the Office of Administration hearings in a certain manner; requiring the Office of Administrative hearings to make a certain annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2019, through January 1, 2022; etc.
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
Last Action Date: May 24, 2019
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Permit - Church or Religious Organization Property (Parishioner Protection Act of 2019)
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.
Last Action: First Reading Senate Rules
Last Action Date: February 25, 2019
