Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB982
Legislation Overview
Title: Gun Theft Felony Act of 2025
Subject: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes: Crimes and Punishments: Guns: Penalties and Sentences: Repeat Offenders: Theft
Description: Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; establishing a penalty for a first conviction for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and establishing a penalty for subsequent convictions of imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: First Reading Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 31, 2025
Sponsors
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47 sponsors: Stuart Schmidt (R); Christopher Adams (R); Steven Arentz (R); Lauren Arikan (R); Terry Baker (R); Barry Beauchamp (R);Christopher Bouchat (R); Jason Buckel (R); Brian Chisholm (R); Barrie Ciliberti (R); Mark Fisher (R); Jeff Ghrist (R); Robin Grammer (R); Michael Griffith (R); Wayne Hartman (R); Jim Hinebaugh (R); Kevin Hornberger (R); Seth Howard (R); Tom Hutchinson (R); Jay Jacobs (R); Andre Johnson (D); Steve Johnson (D); Aaron Kaufman (D); Ken Kerr (D); Nicholaus Kipke (R); Nino Mangione (R); Susan McComas (R); Ric Metzgar (R); April Fleming Miller (R); Matt Morgan (R); Todd Morgan (R); Ryan Nawrocki (R); LaToya Nkongolo (R);Charles Otto (R); Cheryl Pasteur (D); Jesse Pippy (R); Teresa Reilly (R); April Rose (R); Sheree Sample-Hughes (D); Matthew Schindler (D);Gary Simmons (D); Ryan Spiegel (D); Joshua Stonko (R); Kathy Szeliga (R); Chris Tomlinson (R); William Valentine (R); William Wivell (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 33% (47 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 31, 2025 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 31, 2025 | 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
