File Code: Public Safety
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 548/96 - JPR
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Ferguson
- Entitled:
-
Handguns - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting in Commission of a
Felony or Crime of Violence
Making it a separate misdemeanor to wear, carry, or transport a
handgun or antique firearm capable of being concealed on the person in
the commission of a felony or crime of violence; making a mandatory
minimum penalty of 5 years' imprisonment and a maximum penalty of 20
years' imprisonment applicable to the offense; specifying that,
subject to a specified exception, a person who is convicted of an
offense under the Act is ineligible for parole in less than 5 years;
etc.
Senate Action
- 2/21
- First Reading Senate Rules
House Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
- GUNS -see also- HUNTING
- PAROLE AND PROBATION
- PENALTIES
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- WEAPONS -see also- GUNS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
36B
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Not available at this time
