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Introduced
02/05/2018
02/05/2018
In Committee
04/02/2018
04/02/2018
Crossed Over
03/15/2018
03/15/2018
Passed
04/05/2018
04/05/2018
Dead
Vetoed
05/25/2018
05/25/2018
Introduced Session
2018 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Prohibiting a person from transporting a certain rapid fire trigger activator into the State or manufacturing, possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving a certain rapid fire trigger activator, subject to a certain exception; defining "rapid fire trigger activator" as any device, including a removable manual or power-driven activating device, constructed so that, when installed in or attached to a firearm the rate at which the trigger is activated increases or the rate of fire increases; etc.
AI Summary
This bill prohibits the transportation into the state or the manufacture, possession, sale, transfer, purchase, or receipt of a "rapid fire trigger activator" in Maryland, with an exception for certain individuals who possessed such devices before October 1, 2018 and received federal authorization to possess them. A "rapid fire trigger activator" is defined as any device, including a removable manual or power-driven activating device, that increases the rate at which a firearm's trigger is activated or the rate of fire when installed on or attached to the firearm. The bill also imposes mandatory minimum sentences for the use of a rapid fire trigger activator or a magazine with more than 10 rounds of ammunition in the commission of a felony or crime of violence.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (74)
David Moon (D)*,
Bilal Ali (D),
Curtis Anderson (D),
Vanessa Atterbeary (D),
Charles Barkley (D),
Ben Barnes (D),
Darryl Barnes (D),
Erek Barron (D),
Kumar Barve (D),
Talmadge Branch (D),
Ben Brooks (D),
Michael Busch (D),
Alfred Carr (D),
Luke Clippinger (D),
Bonnie Cullison (D),
Kathleen Dumais (D),
Eric Ebersole (D),
Diana Fennell (D),
David Fraser-Hidalgo (D),
C. William Frick (D),
Barbara Frush (D),
Tawanna Gaines (D),
Angela Gibson (D),
Jim Gilchrist (D),
Cheryl Glenn (D),
Ana Gutierrez (D),
Keith Haynes (D),
Anne Healey (D),
Shelly Hettleman (D),
Terri Hill (D),
Sheila Hixson (D),
Michael Jackson (D),
Jay Jalisi (D),
Anne Kaiser (D),
Ariana Kelly (D),
Marc Korman (D),
Ben Kramer (D),
Carol Krimm (D),
Stephen Lafferty (D),
Clarence Lam (D),
Jazz Lewis (D),
Robbyn Lewis (D),
Brooke Lierman (D),
Eric Luedtke (D),
Maggie McIntosh (D),
Aruna Miller (D),
Marice Morales (D),
Dan Morhaim (D),
Nick Mosby (D),
Edith Patterson (D),
Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D),
Shane Pendergrass (D),
Elizabeth Proctor (D),
Pam Queen (D),
Kirill Reznik (D),
A. Shane Robinson (D),
Sandy Rosenberg (D),
Sheree Sample-Hughes (D),
Carlo Sanchez (D),
Theodore Sophocleus (D),
Charles Sydnor (D),
Jimmy Tarlau (D),
Frank Turner (D),
Kris Valderrama (D),
Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D),
Joseph Vallario (D),
Jeff Waldstreicher (D),
Jay Walker (D),
Alonzo Washington (D),
Mary Washington (D),
Jheanelle Wilkins (D),
C.T. Wilson (D),
Karen Young (D),
Pat Young (D),
Last Action
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) (on 05/25/2018)
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