MSI's Gun Bill Tracker for the 2022 Legislative Session

[DC-W]

SB387 is scheduled to be considered in a JPR voting session tonight.
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/meeting_material/2022/jpr - 132912558634893892 - Voting List 3-9.pdf
SB456, the bill that would remove the live-fire component from HQL training, was scheduled but appears to have been removed from the list.

 

[DC-W]

Signup is open for written and oral testimony in JPR tomorrow. MSI is OPPOSING SB676 and SB773. Use your MyMGA account to sign up. The Hearing is in-person at 1pm tomorrow.

Jaelynn's Law testimony in opposition
https://www.marylandshallissue.org/...ts-and-youth-suicide-prevention-jaelynn-s-law

Our guide on testimony: https://www.marylandshallissue.org/jmain/legislation-tracker/166-tips-testimony-mga

 

[DC-W]

MSI's testimony against SB773 Public Safety – Firearms Dealers – Storage Vaults for Regulated Firearms
https://www.marylandshallissue.org/jmain/legislation-tracker/297-mdga22-sb773-vault

 

[DC-W]

In I think what is a first, we have changed positions on a bill due to the sponsor turning it from bad to friendly.
Senator Carter amended the bill to create a tax incentive for buying firearms storage devices instead of a regulatory bill. MSI supports!
You can read the amendment in the bill tracker here: https://airtable.com/shrisaCzIZOxrXF46/tblwdSr2zmZtmdKob/rechqf6lkdcY9pUtD

The hearing will be soon in JPR. They're running late due to a long floor session: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Media?cmte=jpr

 

[Allen65]

In I think what is a first, we have changed positions on a bill due to the sponsor turning it from bad to friendly.
Senator Carter amended the bill to create a tax incentive for buying firearms storage devices instead of a regulatory bill. MSI supports!
You can read the amendment in the bill tracker here: https://airtable.com/shrisaCzIZOxrXF46/tblwdSr2zmZtmdKob/rechqf6lkdcY9pUtD

The hearing will be soon in JPR. They're running late due to a long floor session: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Media?cmte=jpr

I appreciate the change, but I still find it disturbing that a bill can be introduced, its proponents and opponents given time to create cogent arguments for or against the bill, and then the entire bill gets replaced with one nobody has seen before, just before debate starts. Or, worse, like Del. Dumais did a few years back, discuss a bill in committee and then substitute an entirely new bill that the committee passes under the same number, which then goes straight to 2nd Reader with no opportunity to fight the new bill in committee.

 

[DC-W]

SB387 is scheduled to be heard on third reader in the Senate today. You can follow proceedings here: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/FloorActions/Media/senate

 

[DC-W]

This bill is being considered at some point by the Judiciary Committee sometime today.
Details here: https://twitter.com/MD_Shall_Issue/status/1504838055085150211?s=20&t=S4A-LQdBHsw7tb4BUUHHow

Here's the YouTube clip where the Chair discusses what's being changed. Speaker Jones has been in negotiation with dealers.

 

[DC-W]

Bumping this to remind everyone that we track every single vote during the legislative session. Every legislator gets a score depending on how they vote. If positive, they are more friendly. If negative, more hostile. Head over to the Legislators tab to see their votes and scores. https://tinyurl.com/guntracker.
If you don't know who represents you or what district you're in, head over to http://mdelect.net to find out.

While MSI does not endorse any candidates, MSI will post legislators' profiles and scores over the last few sessions to inform voters about their attitudes on gun owners' rights.

 

[DC-W]

Sorry for the lack of updates. The software update was not kind to my account, but Kev and the mods fixed me up -- thanks!

MSI will have a MGA wrap-up out soon.

In the meantime, the final statuses of all the bills can be found in our tracker: https://tinyurl.com/guntracker

 

[DC-W]

MSI's Recap: https://www.marylandshallissue.org/jmain/legislation-tracker/302-the-legislative-session-ends

 

[Allen65]

MSI's Recap: https://www.marylandshallissue.org/jmain/legislation-tracker/302-the-legislative-session-ends

I'll play Devil's Advocate on this session. While it was bad, it could have been much, much worse. Had Atterbeary's fantasy HB1396/SB0873 moved forward, instead of 2A advocacy groups fighting a couple bad laws in court, every gun-related business, and potentially private gun owner, could have faced financial ruin from multiple nuisance lawsuits from hundreds or thousands of private plaintiffs.

 

[DC-W]

Oh it can always get worse. That's why it's important to maintain a presence there and continue advocacy.

 

[esqappellate]

I'll play Devil's Advocate on this session. While it was bad, it could have been much, much worse. Had Atterbeary's fantasy HB1396/SB0873 moved forward, instead of 2A advocacy groups fighting a couple bad laws in court, every gun-related business, and potentially private gun owner, could have faced financial ruin from multiple nuisance lawsuits from hundreds or thousands of private plaintiffs.

Now, that one bill I would have been delighted to challenge if it had become law. It would have been DOA on the date the suit was filed.