Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB214
Legislation Overview
Title: Criminal Law - Self-Defense - Immunity for Use of Physical Force in Defense of Dwelling
Subject: Criminal Law - Procedure: Assault: Burglary: Crimes and Punishments: Liability: Self Defense: Trespass: Victims: 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, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that the other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the unlawful entry or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the unlawful entry; establishing that a person acting in accordance with the Act is immune from specified criminal prosecution.
Session: 2014 Regular Session
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 10, 2014
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Frank M Conaway Jr.
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 10, 2014 | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| House | Jan 28, 2014 | Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Jan 16, 2014 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 16, 2014 | 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
