Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB541
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety - Permit to Carry, Wear, or Transport a Handgun - Qualifications
Subject: Public Safety: Guns: Licenses: Self Defense
Description: Clarifying that personal protection or self-defense can qualify as a good and substantial reason to carry, wear, or transport a handgun for purposes of the issuance by the Secretary of State Police of a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 11, 2019
Sponsors
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14 sponsors: Dan Cox (R); Lauren Arikan (R); Joseph Boteler (R); Barrie Ciliberti (R); Robin Grammer (R); Wayne Hartman (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Jay Jacobs (R); Susan Krebs (R); Nino Mangione (R); Susan McComas (R); Neil Parrott (R); Jesse Pippy (R); Kathy Szeliga (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 10% (14 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 11, 2019 | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| House | Feb 5, 2019 | Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. |
| House | Feb 4, 2019 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 5, 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
