Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB280
Legislation Overview
Title: Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act
Subject: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials: Public Safety: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide: Criminal Law - Procedures: Family Law: Corrections: Real Property: Armed Forces: Courts: Federal Government: Judges: Rules and Regulations: Safety: Veterans: Military Families: Forms
Description: Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of judicial proceedings, corrections, criminal, family, public safety, and real property laws to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Returned Passed
Last Action Date: April 2, 2025
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
17 sponsors: Bryan Simonaire (R); Johnny Salling (R); J.B. Jennings (R); Jason Gallion (R); Johnny Mautz (R); Jack Bailey (R); William Smith (D); Jeff Waldstreicher (D); Charles Sydnor (D); Chris West (R); Anthony Muse (D); William Folden (R); Mary James (D); Shaneka Henson (D); Sara Love (D); Mike McKay (R); Nick Charles (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 36% (17 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 2, 2025 | Returned Passed |
| House | Apr 1, 2025 | Third Reading Passed (130-0) |
| House | Mar 31, 2025 | Favorable Report by Judiciary |
| House | Mar 31, 2025 | Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| Senate | Mar 17, 2025 | Third Reading Passed (42-0) |
| House | Mar 17, 2025 | Referred Judiciary |
| Senate | Mar 14, 2025 | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| Senate | Mar 14, 2025 | Favorable with Amendments {753822/1 Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 14, 2025 | Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| Senate | Jan 16, 2025 | Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2025 | First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Engrossed | Mar 14, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 10, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Favorable with Amendments 753822/1 Adopted | Favorable with Amendments 753822/1 Adopted | Mar 14, 2025 | State Link | amendment text | Yes |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Third Reading Passed | 03/17/2025 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
