Maryland House Bill 468 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-01 - Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a loaded or unloaded firearm in a location where a child could gain access to the firearm unless the firearm is locked by a certain safety lock or is secured in a container that is capable of preventing an unintended person from gaining access to the contents; altering the definition of "child" to be an individual under the age of 18 years instead of 16 years; and providing a penalty for a violation of the Act of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.

Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements

Del. Dana Stein [D]	Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]	Del. Ben Barnes [D]
Del. Sandy Bartlett [D]	Del. Kumar Barve [D]	Del. James Gilchrist [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]
Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Marc Korman [D]	Del. Stephen Lafferty [D]	Del. Jazz Lewis [D]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]	Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Kirill Reznik [D]
Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Jared Solomon [D]	Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith [D]	Del. Courtney Watson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-01	House	Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m.
2019-02-01	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0468?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0468f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0008/hb0468.pdf