Maryland Senate Bill 479 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-27 - Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Altering a certain prohibition to prohibit a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where a minor could gain access to the firearm; altering a certain exception to the prohibition; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where an unsupervised minor could gain access to the firearm and an unsupervised minor does gain access to the firearm and the firearm causes harm to the minor or another person; establishing certain penalties; etc.

Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements (Jaelynn's Law)

Sen. William Smith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-27	Senate	Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
2021-01-27	Senate	Hearing canceled
2021-01-25	Senate	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-01-20	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

HB200 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-05 - Hearing 3/01 at 1:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	4	104	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0479?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0479f.pdf