Advice of Counsel Letter

HB1040

Delegate Rosenberg

Firearms - Advice of Counsel Letter

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Requiring the Office of the Attorney General to submit, by September 1, 2022, an advice of counsel letter to the Governor, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House on the effect of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen case on State firearm laws.

Appealing unlawful possession

SB0484

Senator Cassilly

Criminal Procedure - Right of Appeal - Unlawful Possession of a Firearm

Failed: no vote in committee

Judicial Proceedings

Oppose

Authorizing the State, in a criminal case involving the unlawful possession of firearms under certain circumstances, to appeal from a decision of a trial court that excludes evidence offered by the State or requires the return of certain property.

Armed School Resource Officers

SB0973

Senator Jennings

Public Schools - School Resource Officers - Firearms Required

Failed: not referred to standing committee

Rules

Oppose

Requiring a Baltimore City school police officer and a school resource officer to carry a firearm while present on the premises of the school to which the officer is assigned.

Arms Protection

HB0859

Delegate Cox

Maryland Arms Protection Act

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Oppose

Prohibiting the enforcement of certain federal laws relating to firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition; requiring the Attorney General to defend a resident of the State in certain federal prosecutions; and authorizing a resident of the State to file suit against a federal actor or State actor who enforces or aids or abets the enforcement of certain federal law and authorizing a court to award attorney's fees, court costs, and damages to a prevailing plaintiff.

Carry Permits

HB1174

SB0327

Delegate Kipke

Public Safety - Permit to Carry, Wear, or Transport a Handgun - Qualifications

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Oppose

Clarifying that personal protection or self-defense can qualify as a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, 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.

Carry Permits

SB0327

HB1174

Senator Ready

Public Safety – Permit to Carry, Wear, or Transport a Handgun – Qualifications

Failed: no vote in committee

Judicial Proceedings

Oppose

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.

Firearm Dealer Storage Vaults

SB0773

Senator Carter

Income Tax - Credit for Firearm Safety Devices

Failed: not referred to standing committee

Rules and Executive Nominations

Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for the purchase of certain firearm safety devices during the taxable year; making the credit refundable; requiring proof of purchase to be provided to the Comptroller for a firearm safety device for which an individual is claiming a credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021.

Firearm Industry Members

HB1396

SB0873

Delegate Atterbeary

Public Safety - Firearm Industry Members - Public Nuisance

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Prohibiting a certain firearm industry member from knowingly or recklessly engaging in conduct that is unlawful or unreasonable in the State that endangers the safety or health of the public; requiring a firearm industry member to establish and use certain reasonable controls and procedures to prevent a certain product from being possessed, used, marketed, or sold unlawfully in the State; establishing that a violation of the Act is a public nuisance; etc.

Firearm Industry Members

SB0873

HB1396

Senator Waldstreicher

Public Safety – Firearm Industry Members – Public Nuisance

Failed: no vote in committee

Judicial Proceedings

Prohibiting a certain firearm industry member from knowingly or recklessly engaging in conduct that is unlawful or unreasonable in the State and that endangers the safety or health of the public; requiring a firearm industry member to establish and use certain reasonable controls and procedures to prevent a certain product from being possessed, used, marketed, or sold unlawfully in the State; establishing that a violation of the Act is a public nuisance; etc.

Firearms Dealer Security

HB1021

Speaker

Public Safety – Licensed Firearms Dealers – Security Requirements

Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 55

Prohibiting a certain licensed firearms dealer from storing a firearm on a certain premises where the licensed firearms dealer conducts business, unless the premises is equipped with certain security features; requiring a licensed firearms dealer to lock certain firearms in a certain location outside business hours; and requiring the Secretary of State Police to suspend or revoke a certain dealer's license if the dealer is found in violation of certain offenses.

Firearms orientation

SB0456

Senator Bailey

Firearms - Handgun Qualification License - Firearms Orientation Component

Failed: no vote in committee

Judicial Proceedings

Providing that a firearms orientation component of a certain firearms safety training course required for a certain handgun qualification license may include the use of live or inert ammunition; and prohibiting a person from being required to fire rounds of live ammunition for a certain firearms orientation component.

Gun Theft Felony

HB1132

Delegate Beitzel

Gun Theft Felony Act of 2022

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 for a second or subsequent offense.

Gun-free higher education zone

HB0780

Delegate Jalisi

Gun-Free Higher Education Zones

Failed: no vote in committee

Appropriations

Altering a certain exception relating to law enforcement officers to the prohibition on carrying certain weapons on public school property; prohibiting the carrying or possession of certain firearms on the property of public institutions of higher education; requiring a public institution of higher education to post certain signs at certain locations; etc.

Handgun Theft

SB0533

Senator Ready

Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun

Failed: no vote in committee

Judicial Proceedings

Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, 2 to 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment for 5 to 10 years and a fine of up to $2,500 or both.

Handgun permit repeal

HB1206

Delegate Grammer

Public Safety – Handgun Permit Requirement – Repeal (Maryland’s Constitutional Carry Act of 2022)

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Oppose

Repealing the requirement that a person have a certain permit before the person carries, wears, or transports a handgun; and repealing certain criminal prohibitions against a person who is at least 21 years old wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun.

High Risk Occupations

HB0676

Delegate Hartman

Handgun Permits - Qualifications - High-Risk Occupations

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Requiring the Secretary of State Police to issue a certain permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun to a person who meets certain requirements and is employed in a certain profession.

Permits-Preliminary Approval

HB0871

SB0338

Delegate Saab

Handgun Permit – Preliminary Approval

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Oppose

Authorizing a person to apply for preliminary approval of a permit to wear, carry, or transport a handgun without completing a certified firearms training course; and requiring the Secretary of State Police to investigate an application for preliminary approval of a handgun permit, issue preliminary approval if the applicant meets certain requirements, and revoke preliminary approval and deny a handgun permit if an applicant does not complete a firearms training course within 120 days after receipt of preliminary approval.

Permits-Preliminary Approval

SB0338

HB0871

Senator Hough

Handgun Permit - Preliminary Approval

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Oppose

Authorizing a person to apply for preliminary approval of a permit to wear, carry, or transport a handgun without completing a certified firearms training course; and requiring the Secretary of State Police to investigate an application for preliminary approval of a handgun permit, issue preliminary approval if the applicant meets certain requirements, and revoke preliminary approval and deny a handgun permit if an applicant does not complete a firearms training course within 120 days after receipt of preliminary approval.

Polling Sites

HB0030

SB0329

Delegate Henson

Election Law – Polling Sites – Firearms Prohibitions

Failed: no vote in committee

Ways and Means

Prohibiting a person from carrying or displaying a firearm on certain premises or carrying or possessing a firearm within 100 feet of a polling site during an election, subject to certain exceptions.

Polling Sites

SB0329

HB0030

Senator Waldstreicher

Election Law - Polling Sites - Firearms Prohibitions

Failed: no vote in committee

Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Prohibiting a person from carrying or displaying a firearm on the premises of a privately or publicly owned building being used as a polling site during an election, including a parking lot, or carrying or possessing a firearm within 100 feet of a polling site during an election, subject to certain exceptions.

Right to Carry

HB0482

Delegate Grammer

Firearms – Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry – Medical Cannabis

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Oppose

Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized under certain provisions of law to use medical cannabis.

Safe Storage

HB0659

SB0676

Delegate Stein

Firearm Safety - Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn's Law)

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

X

Support

Testimony submitted

Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised minor; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide, with recommendations from a stakeholder committee.

Safe Storage

SB0676

HB0659

Senator Smith

Firearm Safety – Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn’s Law)

Failed: no vote in committee

Judicial Proceedings

X

Support

Testimony submitted

Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised minor; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide, with recommendations from a stakeholder committee.

Straw purchase penalties

HB0211

Delegate Attar

Criminal Procedure - Warrantless Arrest - Straw Purchase Participant

Failed: no vote in committee

Judicial Proceedings

Adding the crime of knowingly being a participant in a straw purchase of a regulated firearm to the list of crimes subject to warrantless arrest; and providing a penalty on conviction of imprisonment not to exceed 10 years or a fine of up to $25,000 or both.

Untraceable Firearms

HB0425

SB0387

Speaker

Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms

Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 18

Governor

X

Support

Testimony submitted

Altering a certain definition of 'firearm' to include a certain unfinished frame or receiver; prohibiting a person from purchasing, receiving, selling, offering to sell, or transferring an unfinished frame or receiver; prohibiting a person from selling, offering to sell, or transferring a certain firearm; prohibiting a person from possessing a firearm on or after March 1, 2023, unless it is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a certain number in a certain manner; etc.

Untraceable Firearms

SB0387

HB0425

President

Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms

Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 19

Governor

X

Support

Testimony submitted

Altering a certain definition of 'firearm' to include a certain unfinished frame or receiver; prohibiting a person from purchasing, receiving, selling, offering to sell, or transferring an unfinished frame or receiver; prohibiting a person from selling, offering to sell, or transferring a certain firearm; prohibiting a person from possessing a firearm on or after March 1, 2023, unless it is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a certain number in a certain manner; etc.

Use of cannabis

SB0286

Senator Hough

Firearms – Use of Medical Cannabis

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use medical cannabis.

Violent firearms offenders

HB0423

SB0396

Speaker

Crimes - Firearms - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2022)

Failed: no vote in committee

Judiciary

Expanding the types of cases in which the State may appeal from a decision of a trial court under certain circumstances; establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; etc.

Violent firearms offenders

SB0396

HB0423

President

Crimes - Firearms - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2022)

Failed: no vote in committee

Judicial Proceedings

Expanding the types of cases in which the State may appeal from a decision of a trial court under certain circumstances; establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; etc.