Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB67
Legislation Overview
Title: Criminal Law - Self-Defense - Duty to Retreat
Subject: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Assault: Crimes and Punishments: Safety: Self Defense
Description: Establishing that a person charged with a crime may assert the defense of self-defense only under specified circumstances that negate the duty to attempt to retreat or escape the danger.
Session: 2014 Regular Session
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: February 10, 2014
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Frank M Conaway Jr.
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 10, 2014 | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn |
| House | Jan 28, 2014 | Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Jan 17, 2014 | Hearing cancelled |
| House | Jan 8, 2014 | First Reading Judiciary |
| House | Aug 28, 2013 | Pre-filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 19, 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
