Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB1267
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety – Handgun Permit – Church Property (Worshipper Protection Act of 2020)
Subject: Public Safety: Guns: Law Enforcement: Licenses: Places of Worship: Transportation
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.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing canceled
Last Action Date: March 3, 2020
Sponsors
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19 sponsors: Susan McComas (R); Kathy Szeliga (R); Carl Anderton (R); Lauren Arikan (R); Jason Buckel (R); Brian Chisholm (R); Barrie Ciliberti (R); Paul Corderman (R); Dan Cox (R); Robin Grammer (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Nicholaus Kipke (R); Susan Krebs (R); Michael Malone (R); Nino Mangione (R); Johnny Mautz (R); Matt Morgan (R); Jesse Pippy (R); Haven Shoemaker (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 13% (19 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 3, 2020 | Hearing canceled |
| House | Feb 10, 2020 | Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Feb 7, 2020 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 8, 2020 | 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
