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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB608

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Criminal Law - Crimes Against Property - Right to Defend Property

Subject: Criminal Law - Procedure: Burglary: Crimes and Punishments: Self Defense: Violence

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 specified criminal prosecution; etc.

Session: 2017 Regular Session

Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

Last Action Date: February 27, 2017

Sponsors

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5 sponsors: Neil Parrott (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Trent Kittleman (R); Susan Krebs (R); Matt Morgan (R);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 4% (5 of 141)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 27, 2017 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
House Feb 14, 2017 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
House Jan 30, 2017 First Reading Judiciary
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 31, 2017 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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