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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0348* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 348 | |
| 11 | 8 | E4 4lr1955 | |
| 12 | - | CF | |
| 9 | + | CF 4lr0632 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator McKay | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 15, 2024 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: February 10, 2024 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Firearms – Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 20 | FOR the purpose of providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | medical cannabis; and generally relating to firearms. 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | ||
| 30 | 24 | BY adding to 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | Article – Public Safety 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | Section 5–901 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 9. Miscellaneous” 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | ||
| 36 | 30 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | Article – Public Safety 13 | |
| 40 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 35 | SUBTITLE 9. MISCELLANEOUS . 14 | |
| 42 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 37 | 5–901. 15 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | A PERSON MAY NOT BE DE NIED THE RIGHT TO PU RCHASE, OWN, POSSESS, OR 16 | |
| 46 | 40 | CARRY A FIREARM UNDE R THIS TITLE SOLELY ON THE BASIS THAT THE PERSO N IS 17 | |
| 47 | - | AUTHORIZED TO USE ME DICAL CANNABIS UNDER TITLE 36, SUBTITLE 3 OF THE 18 2 SENATE BILL 348 | |
| 41 | + | AUTHORIZED TO USE ME DICAL CANNABIS UNDER TITLE 36, SUBTITLE 3 OF THE 18 | |
| 42 | + | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS ARTICLE. 19 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 20 | |
| 45 | + | October 1, 2024. 21 | |
| 48 | 46 | ||
| 49 | 47 | ||
| 50 | - | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS ARTICLE. 1 | |
| 51 | - | ||
| 52 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 2 | |
| 53 | - | October 1, 2024. 3 | |
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| 58 | - | Approved: | |
| 59 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 60 | - | Governor. | |
| 61 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 62 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 63 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 64 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. |