Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB952
Legislation Overview
Title: Crimes – Firearms – Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2023)
Subject: Criminal Law - Procedures: Controlled Dangerous Substances: Crimes and Punishments: Dealers: District Courts: Emergency Bills: Equipment: Extortion: Gangs: Guns: Identification: Parole and Probation: Penalties and Sentences: Pretrial Detention or Release: Repeat Offenders: Theft: Transfer of Goods
Description: Establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower or transferee under certain circumstances.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 13, 2023
Sponsors
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15 sponsors: Nino Mangione (R); Steven Arentz (R); Terry Baker (R); Jason Buckel (R); Brian Chisholm (R); Jeff Ghrist (R); Michael Griffith (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Susan McComas (R); Matt Morgan (R); Todd Morgan (R); Ryan Nawrocki (R); Charles Otto (R); Stuart Schmidt (R); Kathy Szeliga (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 11% (15 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 13, 2023 | Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Feb 10, 2023 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 11, 2023 | 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
