Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB891
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 6 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; reducing from 8 to 2 the number of hours of instruction an applicant for renewal of a permit must successfully complete.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Recommitted to Judiciary (Delegate Vallario)
Last Action Date: March 20, 2017
Sponsors
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32 sponsors: Sid Saab (R); Carl Anderton (R); Pamela Beidle (D); Wendell Beitzel (R); Eric Bromwell (D); Jason Buckel (R); Ned Carey (D); Mark Chang (D); Jerry Clark (R);Glen Glass (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Seth Howard (R); Nicholaus Kipke (R); Trent Kittleman (R); Susan Krebs (R); Mary Ann Lisanti (D); Michael Malone (R); Susan McComas (R); Tony McConkey (R); Mike Mckay (R); Christian Miele (R); Warren Miller (R); Matt Morgan (R); Nathaniel Oaks (D); Charles Otto (R); Neil Parrott (R); Teresa Reilly (R); April Rose (R);Meagan Simonaire (R); Theodore Sophocleus (D); Kathy Szeliga (R); Brett Wilson (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 23% (32 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 20, 2017 | Recommitted to Judiciary (Delegate Vallario) |
| House | Mar 17, 2017 | Favorable Report by Judiciary |
| House | Mar 17, 2017 | Favorable Report Adopted |
| House | Mar 17, 2017 | Special Order until 03/18 (Delegate Lafferty) Adopted |
| House | Mar 14, 2017 | Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Feb 6, 2017 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 7, 2017 | 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
