File Code: Public Safety
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Bobo, Rawlings, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bronrott,
Brown, Frush, Grosfeld, Hecht, Heller, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kopp,
Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Petzold, Pitkin,
Phillips, Riley, Rosso, Shriver, Turner, Valderrama, Moe, Marriott, and
Hurson
- Entitled:
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Firearms - Disposal Requirements for Law Enforcement Agencies
Requiring a State or local law enforcement agency to destroy
unnecessary, unneeded, or forfeited firearms, including assault
pistols, assault weapons, handguns, short-barreled shotguns,
short-barreled rifles, and machine guns; creating specified exceptions
to the destruction requirement, including a firearm retained by a law
enforcement agency for official use, a firearm that may be or is being
used as evidence, and a firearm that a retiring State police officer
is allowed to keep or acquire; etc.
House Action
- 2/3
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/16
- Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
- Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
- Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
- Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
- Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
- Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
- Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31
- Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
- Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
- FORFEITURE
- GUNS
- LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- WEAPONS -see also- GUNS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
36C ,
36H-4 ,
36L ,
281A ,
297 ,
445B
)
- Natural Resources
- (
10-1106
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered