Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB506
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms - Handgun Permit - Preliminary Approval
Subject: Public Safety: Education: Guns: Investigations and Inquiries: Licenses: Notices: State Police, Department of
Description: Authorizing a person to apply for preliminary approval of a handgun permit to wear, carry, or transport a handgun without completing a certified firearms training course; requiring the Secretary of State Police to investigate an application for a handgun permit; requiring the Secretary to issue preliminary approval if the applicant meets certain requirements except the certified firearms training course; requiring an applicant to satisfy the firearms training requirement within 120 days after receipt of preliminary approval; etc.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 28, 2020
Sponsors
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13 sponsors: Michael Hough (R); Jack Bailey (R); Mary Carozza (R); Bob Cassilly (R); Adelaide Eckardt (R); George Edwards (R); Jason Gallion (R); Stephen Hershey (R); J.B. Jennings (R); Justin Ready (R); Johnny Salling (R); Andrew Serafini (R); Chris West (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 28% (13 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 28, 2020 | Referred Judiciary |
| Senate | Feb 27, 2020 | Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2020 | Favorable Adopted |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2020 | Second Reading Passed |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2020 | Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2020 | Hearing 2/19 at 12:00 p.m. |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2020 | First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Engrossed | Feb 25, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 29, 2020 | 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
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Third Reading Passed | 02/27/2020 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
