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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB468

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements

Subject: Public Safety: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Guns: Minors: Penalties and Sentences: Safety: Storage

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.

Session: 2019 Regular Session

Last Action: Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m.

Last Action Date: February 1, 2019

Sponsors

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20 sponsors: Dana Stein (D); Emily Shetty (D); Vanessa Atterbeary (D); Ben Barnes (D); Sandy Bartlett (D); Kumar Barve (D); James Gilchrist (D); Shelly Hettleman (D); Ariana Kelly (D); Marc Korman (D); Stephen Lafferty (D); Jazz Lewis (D); Robbyn Lewis (D); Brooke Lierman (D); David Moon (D); Kirill Reznik (D); Samuel Rosenberg (D); Jared Solomon (D); Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D); Courtney Watson (D);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 14% (20 of 141)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 1, 2019 First Reading Judiciary
House Feb 1, 2019 Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Feb 1, 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

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