Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB1262
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety - Background Information for Firearm License Investigations - School Crisis Welfare Officers (School Safety Act 2018: Prevention)
Subject: Public Safety: Committees and Commissions: Counties: Criminal Background Investigations: Emergencies: Guns: Health Care Facilities: Human Services, Department of: Investigations and Inquiries: Job Training: Jurisdiction: Law Enforcement: Licenses: Mental and Behavioral Health: Minors: Public Schools: Records: Reports: Safety: Sheriffs: State Police, Department of: Students: Time
Description: Requiring the Secretary of State Police to request certain assistance from certain officials, the courts of the State, and health care facilities in the State in conducting an investigation of an applicant for a certain firearm license; establishing the Workgroup on Accurate and Integrated Background Information on Applicants for Firearm Licenses to study how investigations for applicants for firearms licenses are conducted and to recommend the best methods for obtaining the most comprehensive information on applicants; etc.
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 3/23 at 11:30 a.m.
Last Action Date: March 23, 2018
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: John Astle (D); Thomas Miller (D); Stephen Waugh (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 6% (3 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 29, 2018 | Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m. |
| Senate | Mar 23, 2018 | Hearing 3/23 at 11:30 a.m. |
| Senate | Mar 21, 2018 | Hearing canceled |
| Senate | Mar 16, 2018 | Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings |
| Senate | Mar 13, 2018 | First Reading Senate Rules |
| Senate | Mar 13, 2018 | Referred Senate Rules |
| Senate | Mar 13, 2018 | Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Senator Waugh) Adopted |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 13, 2018 | 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
