32 total bills, 17 anti-gun bills,
8 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation
32 total bills, 17 anti-gun bills,
8 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Maryland State Police Gun Center – Firearms Surrendered Under Final Protective Orders
Description: Altering the purpose of the Maryland State Police Gun Center to include the tracking, screening, and vetting of all firearms surrendered under final protective orders in the State; and requiring each law enforcement agency to report to the Center the number and type of firearms surrendered, the jurisdictions where the firearms were surrendered, and certain information regarding the individual who surrendered each firearm under final protective orders.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 623
Last Action Date: May 16, 2023
Title: Criminal Procedure - Warrantless Arrest - Straw Purchase Participant
Description: Adding the crime of knowingly being a participant in a straw purchase of a regulated firearm to the list of crimes subject to warrantless arrest; and providing a penalty on conviction of imprisonment not to exceed 10 years or a fine of up to $25,000 or both.
Last Action: Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2023
Title: Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry - Establishment
Description: Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to create and maintain a Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry in which a person may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a firearm; prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower, or transferee who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe is registered on the registry; etc.
Last Action: Referred Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: March 15, 2023
Title: Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry - Medical Cannabis (Maryland Constitutional Carry Act)
Description: Providing that an individual may not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the individual is authorized under certain provisions of law to use medical cannabis.
Last Action: Withdrawn by Sponsor
Last Action Date: February 20, 2023
Title: Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2023)
Description: Prohibiting firearm industry members from knowingly or recklessly creating, maintaining, or contributing to public harm by the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product; requiring a firearm industry member to implement certain controls regarding the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, marketing, possession, or use of certain firearm-related products; establishing that a violation of the Act is a public nuisance; authorizing certain civil actions for violations; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 26, 2023
Title: Firearm Safety - Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn's Law)
Description: Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised child; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide, with recommendations from a stakeholder committee.
Last Action: Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
Last Action Date: April 10, 2023
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Permit Requirement - Repeal (Maryland's Constitutional Carry Act of 2023)
Description: Repealing the requirement that a person have a certain permit before the person carries, wears, or transports a handgun; and repealing certain criminal prohibitions against a person who is at least 21 years old wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun.
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 6, 2023
Title: Firearms - Right to Purchase, Possess, and Carry
Description: Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use medical cannabis.
Last Action: Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 1, 2023
Title: Criminal Law – Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting a Handgun – Penalty
Description: Increasing, from 3 years to 5 years, the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed for wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun.
Last Action: Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 1, 2023
Title: Election Law – Polling Sites – Firearms Prohibitions
Description: Prohibiting a person from carrying or displaying a firearm on the premises of a privately or publicly owned building being used as a polling site during an election, including a parking lot, or carrying or possessing a firearm within 100 feet of a polling site during an election, subject to certain exceptions.
Last Action: Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2023
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Expiration and Renewal Periods for Retired Law Enforcement Officer
Description: Establishing alternative expiration and renewal periods for a handgun permit issued to a certain retired law enforcement officer.
Last Action: Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2023
Title: Firearms – Tracking Technology
Description: Prohibiting a person from engaging in a certain bulk firearm transfer unless each firearm that is part of the transfer contains a certain embedded tracker; requiring a seller or other transferor who engages in a bulk firearm transfer to transmit to the Secretary of State Police certain information; providing that a violation of the Act is a civil offense and subject to a fine of up to $2500; and requiring the Secretary to establish a certain database to store information about each bulk firearm transfer in the State.
Last Action: Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 13, 2023
Title: Public Safety – Handgun Permits – Expunged Conviction
Description: Clarifying that an expunged conviction does not constitute a conviction that disqualifies a person from eligibility for a handgun permit.
Last Action: Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 9, 2023
Title: Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun
Description: Altering the penalty for a violation of the prohibition on wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun; requiring the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy to annually report certain information to the Governor and General Assembly; requiring the Department of State Police to transmit a certain summary of certain laws relating to firearms to certain persons; requiring the Secretary of State Police, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a certain curriculum; etc.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 651
Last Action Date: May 16, 2023
Title: Public Safety - Permit to Wear, Carry, or Transport a Handgun Denial - Refund of Application Fee
Description: Requiring the Secretary of State Police to refund certain application fees to individuals who were denied a permit to wear, carry, or transport a firearm from July 5, 2019, to July 5, 2022, for failing to satisfy a certain good and substantial reason requirement and who files a claim in a form and containing the information and supporting documents required by the Secretary.
Last Action: Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 9, 2023
Title: Crimes – Firearms – Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2023)
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.
Last Action: Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 13, 2023
Title: Public Safety – Online Firearm Sales – Requirements
Description: Prohibiting a person from purchasing a firearm from a certain online vendor unless a licensed firearm dealer facilitates the sale with the purchaser and the online vendor; requiring a certain licensed firearm dealer facilitating an online sale of a firearm to process the sale in a certain manner and comply with certain federal and State laws; and establishing certain criminal penalties for knowingly violating the Act.
Last Action: Withdrawn by Sponsor
Last Action Date: March 6, 2023
Title: Gun Theft Felony Act of 2023
Description: Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 for a second or subsequent offense.
Last Action: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Last Action Date: February 16, 2023
Title: Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023)
Description: Prohibiting a person from knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm in certain locations; prohibiting a person from wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm onto certain property unless the owner or owner's agent has given certain permission; altering certain provisions of law relating to the authority of the Secretary of State Police to limit the wearing, carrying, or transporting of a handgun at certain times and locations; etc.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680
Last Action Date: May 16, 2023
Title: Public Safety - Handgun Permit - Preliminary Approval
Description: Authorizing a person to apply for preliminary approval of a permit to wear, carry, or transport a handgun without completing a certified firearms training course; and requiring the Secretary of State Police to investigate an application for preliminary approval of a handgun permit, issue preliminary approval if the applicant meets certain requirements, and revoke preliminary approval and deny a handgun permit if an applicant does not complete a firearms training course within 120 days after receipt of preliminary approval.
Last Action: Withdrawn by Sponsor
Last Action Date: February 14, 2023
Title: Rifles and Shotguns – Possession – Age Requirement (Raise the Age Act of 2023)
Description: Altering the prohibition on selling, renting, or transferring certain ammunition to a person under the age of 21 years; prohibiting a person who is under the age of 21 years from possessing a rifle or shotgun except under certain circumstances; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 16, 2023
Title: Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2023)
Description: Prohibiting firearm industry members from knowingly or recklessly creating, maintaining, or contributing to a public nuisance through the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product under certain circumstances; requiring a firearm industry member to establish and implement certain reasonable controls regarding the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, marketing, possession, or use of certain firearm-related products; authorizing certain civil actions for violations of the Act; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 16, 2023
Title: Criminal Law – Prohibitions on Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms
Description: Prohibiting a person from wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm on private property unless the owner has given the person certain permission or posted a certain sign; and prohibiting a person from wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm in any place where prohibited by statute or a certain regulation.
Last Action: Withdrawn by Sponsor
Last Action Date: February 14, 2023
Title: Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry - Establishment
Description: Requiring the Department of State Police to create and maintain a Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry in which a person may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a firearm; prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower, or transferee who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe is registered on the registry; etc.
Last Action: Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 18, 2023
Title: Maryland State Police Gun Center - Firearms Surrendered Under Final Protective Orders
Description: Altering the purpose of the Maryland State Police Gun Center to include the tracking, screening, and vetting of all firearms surrendered under final protective orders in the State; and requiring each law enforcement agency to report to the Center the number and type of firearms surrendered, the jurisdictions where the firearms were surrendered, and certain information regarding the individual who surrendered each firearm under final protective orders.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 624
Last Action Date: May 16, 2023
Title: Public Safety - Permit to Wear, Carry, or Transport a Handgun Denial - Refund of Application Fee
Description: Requiring the Secretary of State Police to refund certain application fees under certain circumstances to individuals who were denied a permit to wear, carry, or transport a firearm from July 5, 2019, to July 5, 2022.
Last Action: Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2023
Title: Income Tax - Credit for Firearm Safety Devices
Description: Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for the purchase of certain firearm safety devices in an amount equal to the lesser of 100% of the purchase price or $250 during the taxable year; making the credit refundable; requiring proof of purchase to be provided to the Comptroller for a firearm safety device for which an individual is claiming a credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.
Last Action: Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 7, 2023
Title: Criminal Law - Failure to Properly Store Firearm - Death of Another
Description: Prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a loaded firearm in a location where the person knew or should have known that a certain ward would gain access to the firearm; and prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a loaded firearm in a location where the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised child or a certain ward would gain access to the firearm resulting in the child or ward using the firearm and causing the death of another.
Last Action: Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2023
Title: Annual Corrective Bill
Description: Correcting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the Annotated Code; clarifying language; correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated Code; providing that this Act is not intended to affect any law other than to correct technical errors; and providing for the correction of certain errors and obsolete provisions by the publishers of the Annotated Code.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 49
Last Action Date: April 11, 2023
Title: Firearm Safety - Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn's Law)
Description: Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised child; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide, with recommendations from a stakeholder committee.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 622
Last Action Date: May 16, 2023
Title: Criminal Law – Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting a Handgun – Penalty
Description: Increasing, from 3 years to 5 years, the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed for wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun.
Last Action: Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2023
Title: Public Safety - Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program - Establishment
Description: Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to provide certain victims of gun violence certain services and assistance related to relocating for the safety of the victim or the victim's family; establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Victim Services Unit to establish a certain oversight commission; etc.
Last Action: First Reading Senate Rules
Last Action Date: February 16, 2023
