Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB1215
Legislation Overview
Title: Criminal Law – Crimes Against Property – Right to Defend Property
Subject: Criminal Law - Procedure: Burglary: Crimes and Punishments: Self Defense: Violence
Description: Establishing that an occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force against another person when the other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, the occupant reasonably believes that force or deadly force is necessary to repel an attack by the other person, and the amount and nature of the force used by the occupant is reasonable under the circumstances; establishing that a person acting in accordance with the Act is immune from certain criminal prosecution; etc.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
Last Action Date: March 14, 2019
Sponsors
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29 sponsors: Dan Cox (R); Christopher Adams (R); Curtis Anderson (D); Carl Anderton (R); Steven Arentz (R); Lauren Arikan (R); Jason Buckel (R); Brian Chisholm (R); Paul Corderman (R); Wayne Hartman (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Seth Howard (R); Jay Jacobs (R); Nicholaus Kipke (R); Susan Krebs (R); Bob Long (R); Michael Malone (R); Johnny Mautz (R); Susan McComas (R); Mike Mckay (R); Ric Metzgar (R); Matt Morgan (R); Neil Parrott (R); Jesse Pippy (R); Teresa Reilly (R); April Rose (R); Sid Saab (R); Haven Shoemaker (R); Kathy Szeliga (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 21% (29 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 14, 2019 | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn |
| House | Feb 11, 2019 | Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Feb 8, 2019 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 10, 2019 | 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
