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Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB1413

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Handgun Permits - Firearms Training Courses

Subject: Public Safety: Education: Guns: Licenses

Description: Altering the requirements from a minimum of 16 hours to 8 hours of instruction by a qualified handgun instructor for firearms training courses that an initial applicant for a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun must successfully complete; and reducing from 8 to 4 the number of hours of instruction an applicant for renewal of a permit must successfully complete.

Session: 2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.

Last Action Date: March 6, 2018

Sponsors

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38 sponsors: Sid Saab (R); Christopher Adams (R); Steven Arentz (R); Susan Aumann (R); Wendell Beitzel (R); Eric Bromwell (D); Jason Buckel (R); Mary Carozza (R); Andrew Cassilly (R); Barrie Ciliberti (R); Jerry Clark (R);John Cluster (R); Mark Fisher (R); Jeff Ghrist (R); Glen Glass (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Seth Howard (R); Jay Jacobs (R); Nicholaus Kipke (R); Trent Kittleman (R); Mary Ann Lisanti (D); Michael Malone (R); Johnny Mautz (R); Susan McComas (R); Tony McConkey (R); Mike Mckay (R); Warren Miller (R); Matt Morgan (R); Dan Morhaim (D); Charles Otto (R); Neil Parrott (R); Teresa Reilly (R); Deb Rey (R); April Rose (R);Haven Shoemaker (R); Kathy Szeliga (R); David Vogt (R); William Wivell (R);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 27% (38 of 141)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Mar 6, 2018 Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
House Feb 9, 2018 First Reading Judiciary
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Feb 10, 2018 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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