Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB497
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety – Handgun Permits – Protective Order and Peace Order
Subject: Public Safety: Education: Guns: Hearings: Licenses: Protection Orders: Records: State Police, Department of
Description: Requiring the Secretary of State Police to issue a handgun permit to a person who is otherwise qualified and who is a person eligible for relief under a protective order, who is under the protection of an order for protection, or who is a petitioner under a peace order; requiring the Handgun Permit Review Board to review a certain record or conduct a certain hearing within 10 calendar days after receiving a request from a certain applicant; requiring the Board to sustain, reverse or modify a certain decision under certain circumstances; etc.
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 13, 2018
Sponsors
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13 sponsors: Justin Ready (R); Gail Bates (R); Bob Cassilly (R); Adelaide Eckardt (R); George Edwards (R); Stephen Hershey (R); Michael Hough (R); J Jennings (R); Wayne Norman (R); Johnny Salling (R); Andrew Serafini (R); Bryan Simonaire (R); Stephen Waugh (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 28% (13 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 13, 2018 | Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2018 | First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 30, 2018 | 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
