Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB362
Legislation Overview
Title: Criminal Law - Child's Access to Firearms - Penalty (Ny'Kala Strawder Act)
Subject: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Children (4-12): Crimes and Punishments: Guns: Minors: Penalties and Sentences: Safety
Description: Altering the penalty to add imprisonment not exceeding 5 years for storing or leaving a loaded firearm in a location where the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised minor has access to the firearm.
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: January 23, 2026
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Dalya Attar (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 2% (1 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2026 | First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 23, 2026 | 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
