Maryland Update 2 : AW Ban, AW & Ammo Tax ..More!

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Maryland Update 2 : AW Ban, AW & Ammo Tax ..More!
Legislation in Annapolis, Maryland 04-06-07

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HB 601 Entitled: St. Mary's County - Deer Hunting on Private Property - Sundays
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/hb0601.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb0601f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb0601t.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnote...001/hb0601.pdf
3/17 Third Reading Passed (132-2)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0358.htm
Amendment: Adopted
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...1_91061501.pdf
Senate Action
3/21 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Synopsis:
Authorizing a person in St. Mary's County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property with a bow and arrow during October and November and on a specified day during the deer firearms season.


HB 632 Entitled: Harford County - Deer Hunting on Private Lands - Sundays
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/hb0632.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb0632f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb0632t.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnote...002/hb0632.pdf
Cross-filed: SENATE BILL 188
3/15 Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
3/16 Favorable Report Adopted
3/16 Second Reading Passed
3/17 Third Reading Passed (133-1)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0359.htm
Senate Action
3/21 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Synopsis:
Removing Harford County from the list of counties in which deer hunting on private lands on specified Sundays is prohibited.


HB 992 Entitled: Criminal Procedure - Drug-Related Offenses - Repeal of Mandatory Minimum Sentences
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/hb0992.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb0992f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb0992t.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnote...002/hb0992.pdf
Cross-filed: SENATE BILL 624
3/17 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order 3/21 (Delegate Aumann) Adopted
3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
Amendments: House Status: Adopted
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...2_65291401.pdf Adopted
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...2_54312402.pdf Adopted
3/20 Motion vote previous question (Delegate Benson) Adopted
Third Reading Failed (68-69)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0455.htm
3/22 Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Delegate Anderson) Adopted (78-59)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0684.htm
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Cane) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (71-66)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0685.htm
Senate Action:
3/24 First Reading Judicial Proceedings
4/6 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Synopsis:
Repealing specified mandatory minimum sentences for specified drug- related offenses; providing that a person convicted of specified drug- related offenses is not prohibited from participating in a specified drug treatment program; providing that a specified person may grant a hearing and sentence review; repealing a prohibition against a person possessing a regulated firearm if the person was previously convicted of specified drug-related offenses; etc.


HOUSE BILL 1067 Entitled: Local Law Enforcement Agencies - Disposal of Personal Property
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/hb1067.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb1067f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb1067t.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnote...007/hb1067.pdf
Crossfiled: SENATE BILL 662
3/23 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
Amendments: (House)
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...7_39271401.pdf Adopted
3/20 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/21 Third Reading Passed (134-0)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0561.htm
Senate Action
3/24 First Reading Judicial Proceedings
3/30 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
Amendments: (Senate)
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...7_52817101.pdf Adopted
Vote (Senate) = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/senate/0723.htm
4/1 Senate Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ... Senators Gladden, Muse, and Mooney
Synopsis:
Requiring local law enforcement agencies to hold personal property that comes into their possession until specified determinations are made; establishing a procedure for local law enforcement agencies to notify the owner of the property and for the owner of the property to secure the release of the property in a specified manner within 30 days; authorizing a local law enforcement agency to sell personal property at public auction after 3 months; etc.
It was noted at the Hearing 3/9/07, Firearms will not be included in HOUSE BILL 1067, as they will be summarilly, (without discussion or attention to formalities,) destroyed.


SB 214 Unauthorized Possession of Contraband - Place of Confinement
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/sb0214.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0214f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0214t.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnote...004/sb0214.pdf
3/12 = Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
Amendments: http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...4_61897901.pdf Adopted
Second Reading Passed: http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0214t.pdf
3/15 Third Reading Passed (46-0) http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0214t.pdf
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/senate/0397.htm
House Action
3/16 First Reading Judiciary
4/5 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
Amendments (House):
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...4_51201701.pdf
Synopsis:
Prohibiting a person from knowingly possessing specified contraband to effect an escape, or possessing a weapon, an alcoholic beverage, a controlled dangerous substance, or a telecommunication device in a place of confinement without authorization by a managing official; defining "telecommunication device"; and establishing penalties for a violation of the Act.


SB 271 Entitled: Hunting - Exemptions from License and Stamp Requirement
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/sb0271.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0271f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0271t.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnote...001/sb0271.pdf
3/7 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
3/8 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
3/12 Third Reading Passed (45-0) http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0271t.pdf
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/senate/0367.htm (45-0)
Amendments:
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...1_25483701.pdf (Adoped)
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...1_81342201.pdf (Adoped)
House Action
3/13 First Reading Environmental Matters
Amendments: (House) - http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...1_86001501.pdf
4/4 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
Synopsis: Expanding the exemption from the hunting license and stamp requirement for hunting on farmland to include children who live on, work on, or manage the farmland under specified circumstances.


SB 497 Entitled: Disposal of Handguns Owned by a Law Enforcement Agency
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/sb0497.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0497f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0497t.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnote...007/sb0497.pdf
3/22 Third Reading Passed (45-0)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/senate/0497.htm
House Action
3/19 First Reading Judiciary
4/5 Favorable Report by Judiciary
Synopsis:
Authorizing a law enforcement agency to dispose of a handgun owned by the agency by selling, exchanging, or transferring the handgun to a manufacturer; and defining "manufacturer".
This bill will provide law enforcement agencies with the option of “trading in” used firearms to the manufacturer rather than destroying them.


SB 662 Entitled: Local Law Enforcement Agencies - Disposal of Personal Property
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/sb0662.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0662f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0662t.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnote...002/sb0662.pdf
3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
3/20 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Amendments: http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...2_13837201.pdf Adopted
3/22 Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/senate/0514.htm
House Action
3/19 First Reading Judiciary
4/4 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
Amendments: (House) http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...2_76211501.pdf
Synopsis:
Requiring local law enforcement agencies to hold personal property that comes into their possession until specified determinations are made; establishing a procedure for local law enforcement agencies to notify the owner of the property and for the owner of the property to secure the release of the property in a specified manner within 30 days; authorizing a local law enforcement agency to sell personal property at public auction after 3 months; etc.
It was noted at the HB 1067, Hearing 3/9/07, Firearms will not be included in HOUSE BILL, as they will be summarilly, (without discussion or attention to formalities,) destroyed.


SB 717 Entitled: Somerset County, Wicomico County, and Worcester County - Deer Hunting on Private Lands - Sundays
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/sb0717.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0717f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0717t.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnote...007/sb0717.pdf
3/22 Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
3/23 Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/24 Third Reading Passed (40-4)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/senate/0581.htm
House Action
3/22 First Reading Environmental Matters
4/5 Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
Synopsis:
Removing Somerset County, Wicomico County, and Worcester County from the list of counties in which deer hunting on private lands on specified Sundays is prohibited; and authorizing a person in Somerset County, Wicomico County, or Worcester County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property with a bow and arrow.


SB 938 Entitled: Public Heath - Injury Reports - Statewide Applicability
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/sb0938.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0938f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0938t.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/fnote...008/sb0938.pdf
Re-referred Finance
3/23 Favorable Report by Finance
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/24 Third Reading Passed (45-1)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/senate/0596.htm
House Action
3/22 First Reading Health and Government Operations
Synopsis: Repealing the provision that limits the applicability of specified injury reporting requirements to specified counties.


SB 974 Entitled: Department of State Police - Disposal of Property - Holding Period
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/sb0974.htm
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0974f.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0974t.pdf
Synopsis:
Reducing the period of time from 6 months to 3 months that specified property is held by the Department of State Police before the Department is required to give notice to specified persons of the sale of the property.
Senate Action
3/1 First Reading Senate Rules
3/2 Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
3/23 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/24 Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Vote = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/senate/0584.htm
Amendment (House): http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/amds/...4_91231801.pdf
House Action
3/22 First Reading Judiciary
4/5 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary



HB 583 Entitled: Crimes - Second Gun Offense - Prohibition on Pretrial Release = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/hb0583.htm 3/12 ~ Withdrawn

HB 808 Entitled: Criminal Law - Weapons - Place of Confinement = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/hb0808.htm
3/12 ~ Withdrawn

HB 1075 Entitled: Study to Evaluate Strategies to Reduce Deer-Vehicle Collisions = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/hb1075.htm ~ Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters

SB 43 Maryland Assault Weapons Ban of 2007 = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/sb0043.htm
Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

SB 443 Entitled: Hunting Licenses and Stamps - Exemptions = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/sb0443.htm
Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 956 Entitled: Natural Resources - Hunting on Private Land - Verbal Permission = http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/sb0956.htm Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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No Longer active / 2007

HB 228 Entitled Handguns - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting - Permits
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/hb0228.htm
Synopsis:
Repealing the requirement that a person have a good and substantial reason for wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun before receiving a permit to wear, carry, or transport a handgun; requiring the Secretary of State Police to charge for a specified purpose a fee payable when an application is filed for a handgun; and requiring the Governor to appropriate specified funds to programs to combat criminal gang violence.

HB 441 Entitled: Assault Weapon Tax
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/hb0441.htm
Synopsis:
Imposing a tax on the sale of an assault weapon in the State; establishing the rate of the assault weapon tax at 10% of the taxable price of the assault weapon; distributing the revenues from the tax to a special fund, 80% to be used for education aid and 20% to be used for victim services; including the assault weapon tax under the administration of the sales and use tax; exempting from the tax sales of assault weapons to police forces and other governmental agencies; requiring assault weapons dealers to file specified returns; etc.

HB 455 Entitled: Protection of Persons and Property - Immunity
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/hb0455.htm
Cross-filed with: SENATE BILL 518
Synopsis:
Providing that a person is justified in using nondeadly force under specified circumstances; providing that a person is justified in using deadly force under specified circumstances; providing that a person who is justified in using force is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action; etc.

HB 617 Entitled: Montgomery County - Firearms Regulations - State Preemption Exemptions MC 710-07
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/hb0617.htm
Senate = No Action
Synopsis:
Authorizing Montgomery County to enact specified ordinances regulating the purchase, sale, taxation, transfer, manufacture, repair, ownership, possession, and transportation of specified firearms; authorizing Montgomery County to enact specified ordinances regulating the sale of a regulated firearm; authorizing Montgomery County to enact specified ordinances regulating the possession by a private party of a regulated firearm; etc.

HB 1368 Entitled: Natural Resources - Black Bear Hunt - Prohibition
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/hb1368.htm
Synopsis:
Classifying black bears as nongame mammals; prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from reducing the black bear population in the State with specified exceptions; and prohibiting the Department from establishing an open season to hunt black bears.

HB 1369 Entitled: Natural Resources - Leghold Traps - Prohibition
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/hb1369.htm
Synopsis:
Expanding the prohibition against using, setting, placing, or maintaining a leghold trap to apply to all persons statewide; and providing exceptions to the prohibition against using, setting, placing, or maintaining a leghold trap.

HB 1377 Entitled: Natural Resources - Black Bears - Establishment of Population in Each County
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/hb1377.htm
Synopsis: Requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to establish a program to ensure that, by October 1, 2014, a black bear population is introduced into each county in the State.

HB 1393 Entitled: Regulated Firearms - Encoded Ammunition - Tax
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/hb1393.htm
Synopsis:
Authorizing a person to sell ammunition for a regulated firearm on or after January 1, 2008, only in accordance with the Act; requiring an ammunition manufacturer to encode ammunition for a regulated firearm in a specified way; requiring the Secretary of State Police beginning on January 1, 2008, to establish and maintain an encoded ammunition database; imposing a tax of 5 cents per round on the sale of encoded ammunition beginning on January 1, 2008; etc.

SB 188 Harford County - Deer Hunting on Private Lands - Sundays
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/sb0188.htm
Cross-filed with: HOUSE BILL 632
Synopsis:
Removing Harford County from the list of counties in which deer hunting on private lands on specified Sundays is prohibited.

SB 292 Entitled: State Budget - Modifications - Reporting (DNR)
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/sb0292.htm
Cross-filed with: HOUSE BILL 530
Synopsis:
Requiring the State budget books to include a separate section listing, for specified fiscal years, specified changes in policy or administration that will reduce the level of funding, level of services, or scope of services provided in any program or program area; requiring the section to include, for a specified fiscal year, a summary of specified changes reducing funding or services below specified levels; etc.

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SB 518 Entitled: Protection of Persons and Property - Immunity
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/sb0518.htm
Cross-filed with: HOUSE BILL 455
Synopsis:
Providing that a person is justified in using nondeadly force under specified circumstances; providing that a person is justified in using deadly force under specified circumstances; providing that a person who is justified in using force is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action; etc.

SB 563 Entitled: Criminal Law - Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime of Violence or a Felony
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/sb0563.htm
Synopsis:
Prohibiting the use of specified firearms in the commission of specified crimes of violence or felonies.

SB 624 Entitled: Criminal Procedure - Drug-Related Offenses - Repeal of Mandatory Minimum Sentences
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/sb0624.htm
Cross-filed with: HOUSE BILL 992
Synopsis:
Repealing specified mandatory minimum sentences for specified drug- related offenses; providing that a person convicted of specified drug- related offenses is not prohibited from participating in a specified drug treatment program; providing that a specified person is entitled to be granted a hearing and sentence review; repealing a prohibition against a person possessing a regulated firearm if the person was previously convicted of specified drug-related offenses; etc.

SB 761 Entitled: Crimes - Self-Defense - No Duty to Retreat or Seek Safety by Escape
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/sb0761.htm
House = No Action
Synopsis:
Authorizing a person charged with a specified crime to assert a claim of self-defense even though the person failed to retreat or seek safety by escape.

SB 762 Entitled: Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Repeal of Finding Requirement
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/sb0762.htm
House = No Action
Synopsis:
Repealing the requirement that the Secretary of State Police find that a person has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun before issuing a handgun permit to the person.

SB 822 Entitled: Natural Resources - Steel Jawed Leghold Traps - Prohibition
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/sb0822.htm
House = No Action
Synopsis:
Prohibiting a person from using, setting, placing, or maintaining a steel jaw leghold trap for the purpose of trapping an animal; and providing for the Act.

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Other News of interest: Pennsylvania

[color=#006dff]The Gun Registration Act of 2007, House Bill No. 760, sponsored by State Representatives Angel Cruz (D-180), Rosita Youngblood (D-198), Cherelle Parker (D-200), Jake Wheatley (D-19), Lisa Bennington (D-21), and Lawrence Curry (D-154) has been introduced in Harrisburg.

This misguided proposal would require every gun in Pennsylvania to be registered with the state, and each firearm would have to be re-registered annually. The registration would cost law-abiding gun owners $10 per gun each year. Of course, criminals won’t pay anything BECAUSE CRIMINALS DON'T REGISTER GUNS!

In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Haynes v. U.S. (309 U.S. 85 (1968)) that since felons are prohibited from owning firearms, compelling them to register them would violate their 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination. However, if a law-abiding gun owner fails to register it, he or she will be jailed and lose his or her rights FOREVER.

The measure would require each gun owner submit to fingerprinting, have a background check, and to include passport-style photos for the registration cards.

The registration card for each gun would then have to be carried with that gun at all times. To make matters worse, if the state should reject your application for any reason, YOUR GUNS WILL BE CONFISCATED!
Please call your State Representative today at (717) 787-2372 and your State Senator at (717) 787-5920 and ask them to oppose HB760!
Link: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=2835
The Bill: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/...r=0760&pn=0881

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