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HOUSE BILL 413
E4 3lr2567
SB 286/22 – JPR
By: Delegates Grammer, Anderton, Arikan, Bouchat, and Hornberger
Introduced and read first time: January 30, 2023
Assigned to: Judiciary
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Firearms – Right to Purchase, Possess, and Carry 2
FOR the purpose of providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, 3
possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use 4
medical cannabis; and generally relating to firearms. 5
BY adding to 6
Article – Public Safety 7
Section 5–901 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 9. Miscellaneous” 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2022 Replacement Volume) 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
Article – Public Safety 13
SUBTITLE 9. MISCELLANEOUS . 14
5–901. 15
A PERSON MAY NOT BE DE NIED THE RIGHT TO PU RCHASE, POSSESS, OR CARRY 16
A FIREARM UNDER THIS TITLE SOLELY ON THE BASIS THAT THE PERSO N IS 17
AUTHORIZED TO USE ME DICAL CANNABIS UNDER TITLE 13, SUBTITLE 33 OF THE 18
HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE. 19
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 20
October 1, 2023. 21