WES MOORE, Governor Ch. 742
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Chapter 742
(Senate Bill 319)
AN ACT concerning
Regulated Firearms – Department of State Police Maryland Judiciary –
Reporting Requirements
FOR the purpose of repealing and altering a reporting requirement to require the
Department of State Police Maryland Judiciary, instead of the State Commission on
Criminal Sentencing Policy, to report on the number of charges, convictions, and
sentences for certain regulated firearm violations; and generally relating to
reporting requirements of the Department of State Police Maryland Judiciary.
BY repealing
Article – Criminal Procedure
Section 6–215
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article – Public Safety
Section 5–148
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
That Section(s) 6–215 of Article – Criminal Procedure of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryla nd read
as follows:
Article – Public Safety
5–148.
(A) ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2024, AND EACH OCTOBER 1 THEREAFTER ,
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE MARYLAND JUDICIARY SHALL REPORT TO
THE GOVERNOR AND , IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE NUMBE R OF CHARGES , CONVICTIONS,
AND SENTENCES FOR VI OLATIONS OF § 4–203 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE AND
§ 5–133(D) OF THIS SUBTITLE.
Ch. 742 2024 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(B) THE INFORMATION INCLU DED IN THE REPORT SH ALL BE
DISAGGREGATED BY JUR ISDICTION, RACE, AND GENDER .
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June
1, 2024.
Approved by the Governor, May 16, 2024.