File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Sfikas
- Entitled:
-
Handguns - Use in Commission of a Felony or Crime of Violence -
Mandatory Sentence
Altering the sentence imposed for the use of a handgun or a specified
antique firearm in the commission of a felony or a crime of violence;
eliminating the distinction between first offenses and subsequent
offenses; requiring that the sentence be served consecutively to any
other sentence imposed; and making a person who commits the offense of
the use of a handgun or specified antique firearm in the commission of
a felony or crime of violence ineligible for parole for 5 years.
Senate Action
- 10/27
- Pre-filed
- 1/10
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/7
- Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/20
- Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES, SENTENCES
- GUNS -see also- HUNTING
- PAROLE AND PROBATION
- 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:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available
