File Code: Public Safety
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1298  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Garagiola, Britt, Conway, Currie, Exum, Forehand,
Frosh, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hughes, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley,
Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Maryland Assault Weapons Ban of 2004
 
Designating specified firearms as assault weapons; prohibiting with
specified exceptions a person from transporting an assault weapon into
the State or possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring,
purchasing, or receiving an assault weapon; requiring the Handgun
Roster Board to compile and maintain a roster of prohibited assault
weapons; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/30
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 -      Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/5
 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
 
House Action
- No Action
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
 - Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
 - Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
 - Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
 - Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 - Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
 - Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
 - Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
 - Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
 - Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
 - Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
 - Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
 - Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 - Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14
 - Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
 - Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
 - Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
 - Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
 - Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
 - DEALERS -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS AND SALESMEN
 - GUNS
 - HEARINGS
 - MARYLAND REGISTER
 - NOTICES
 - PENALTIES
 - PETITIONS
 - PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
 - SEARCH AND SEIZURE
 - WEAPONS -see also- GUNS
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Criminal Law
 - (
 4-301 ,
 4-302 ,
 4-303 ,
 4-304 ,
 4-305 ,
 4-305 ,
 4-306 ,
 4-306 
)
 -   Public Safety
 - (
 5-101 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
 - Amendments:
None offered