Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB845
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety – Permit to Carry, Wear, or Transport a Handgun – Qualifications
Subject: Public Safety: Guns: Licenses: Self Defense
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.
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 5, 2021
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Dan Cox (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 5, 2021 | Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m. |
| House | Jan 29, 2021 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 1, 2021 | 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
