Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB1608
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety - Firearms - Storage Requirements
Subject: Public Safety: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Civil Actions: Crimes and Punishments: Death: Fines: Guns: Injury: Licenses: Minors: Negligence: Penalties and Sentences: Repeat Offenders: Safety: State Police, Department of: Storage
Description: Altering a certain provision of law that prohibits a person from storing or leaving a certain firearm in a location if the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised minor is likely to gain access to the firearm; requiring an authorized individual to store a firearm in a certain secure storage depository at a certain time; prohibiting a certain individual from violating a certain firearm storage requirement; etc.
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Last Action Date: February 17, 2026
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Sandy Bartlett (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 17, 2026 | First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 24, 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
