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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB280

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Legislation Overview

Title: Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act

Subject: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials: Public Safety: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide: Criminal Law - Procedures: Family Law: Corrections: Real Property: Armed Forces: Courts: Federal Government: Judges: Rules and Regulations: Safety: Veterans: Military Families

Description: Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of judicial proceedings, corrections, criminal, family, public safety, and real property laws to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)

Last Action Date: January 16, 2025

Sponsors

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6 sponsors: Bryan Simonaire (R); Johnny Salling (R); J.B. Jennings (R); Jason Gallion (R); Johnny Mautz (R); Jack Bailey (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 13% (6 of 47)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jan 16, 2025 Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
Senate Jan 10, 2025 First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 10, 2025 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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