Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB875
Legislation Overview
Title: Public Safety - Distribution of Literature to Purchasers of Firearms and Ammunition
Subject: Public Safety: Awareness and Outreach: Citations: Counties: Dealers: Death: Fines: Guns: Health, Department of: Mental and Behavioral Health: Penalties and Sentences: Public Information: Repeat Offenders: Safety: Transfer of Goods
Description: Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to prepare certain literature relating to firearms and ammunition and to distribute the literature to all county health departments in the State; requiring each county health department to distribute certain literature to all establishments that sell firearms or ammunition within the county; requiring establishments that sell firearms or ammunition in the State to make certain literature visible and available and to distribute the literature to purchasers of firearms and ammunition; etc.
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: February 5, 2026
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Gary Simmons (D); Kris Fair (D); Mary Lehman (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (3 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 5, 2026 | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Feb 4, 2026 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 4, 2026 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
