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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0296* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 296 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E4 4lr0632 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 413/23 – JUD CF SB 348 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Grammer |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 15, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Firearms – Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | medical cannabis; and generally relating to firearms. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY adding to 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Public Safety 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 5–901 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 9. Miscellaneous” 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Public Safety 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SUBTITLE 9. MISCELLANEOUS . 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5–901. 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | A PERSON MAY NOT BE DE NIED THE RIGHT TO PU RCHASE, OWN, POSSESS, OR 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | CARRY A FIREARM UNDE R THIS TITLE SOLELY ON THE BASIS THAT TH E PERSON IS 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | AUTHORIZED TO USE ME DICAL CANNABIS UNDER TITLE 36, SUBTITLE 3 OF THE 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS ARTICLE. 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | October 1, 2024. 21 |
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