File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Hoffman, Conway, Sfikas, McFadden, Blount, Ruben, and
Hollinger
- Entitled:
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Minors' Access to Firearms - Felony
Repealing a requirement that a prohibition against an individual
storing or leaving a firearm in a location where a minor would gain
access to the firearm apply to a loaded firearm that the offender
knows or should have known that a minor would access; altering from a
misdemeanor to a felony the penalty for storing or leaving a firearm
in a location where an unsupervised minor would access; increasing the
penalty from a fine not exceeding $1,000 to imprisonment not exceeding
3 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/1
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/10
- Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/25
- Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
- GUNS -see also- HUNTING
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
- PENALTIES
- STORAGE
- WEAPONS -see also- GUNS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
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- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered