File Code: Public Safety
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 379
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Stone and Giannetti (Committee to Revise Article 27 -
Crimes and Punishments)
- Entitled:
-
Public Safety - Wearing or Carrying a Dangerous Weapon - Exceptions
Establishing a limit of 5 inches on the length of a penknife that is
excluded from the definition of "weapon" for purposes of the
prohibition against wearing or carrying a dangerous weapon; providing
that, subject to the right of the court to make a judgment based on
reasonableness, the prohibition against wearing or carrying a
dangerous weapon does not prohibit the carrying of a weapon for
purposes of recreation, employment, historical reenactment, or a
specified reasonable precaution.
Senate Action
- 1/26
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/1
- Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m.
House Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 21
- Comm. to Revise Article 27
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- WEAPONS -see also- GUNS
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Criminal Law
- (
4-101
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
