File Code: Public Safety
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 542
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Frosh and Van Hollen and Senators Conway, Currie,
Dorman, Exum, Forehand, Hoffman, Hughes, Kelley, McFadden, Mitchell,
Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Gun Safety Act of 2002
Requiring on or after January 1, 2004, that an applicant to purchase,
rent, or transfer a regulated firearm demonstrate competency in
completing a certified firearms safety training course; increasing the
penalties for a person found guilty of storing or leaving a loaded
firearm in a location where the person knew or should have known that
an unsupervised child would gain access to the firearm; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/18
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/6
- Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/8
- Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- FINGERPRINTING
- GUNS
- LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- NEGLIGENCE -see also- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
- PENALTIES
- POLICE TRAINING COMMISSION
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -see also- STATE EMPLOYEES
- PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
- REPORTS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
- STORAGE
- THEFT -see also- SHOPLIFTING
- TORTS -see also- LIBEL & SLANDER; MED MALP; WRONGFUL DEATH
- WEAPONS -see also- GUNS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
442 ,
442 ,
442 ,
448A
)
- Criminal Law (Proposed - Text available when HB 11 passed)
- (
4-104
)
- Criminal Procedure
- (
1-101 ,
10-219
)
- Article - 41 Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments
- (
4-201
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
