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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0351* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 351 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E1 4lr1825 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 4lr1658 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Watson |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 15, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings |
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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 | | Criminal Law – First–Degree Assault – Assault With a Firearm 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of adding a certain intent requirement to the elements of the crime of 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | first–degree assault, with regard to committing an assault with a firearm; and 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | generally relating to first–degree assault. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Criminal Law 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 3–202 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2021 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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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Criminal Law 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3–202. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) In this section, “strangling” means impeding the normal breathing or blood 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | circulation of another person by applying pressure to the other person’s throat or neck. 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) (1) A person may not intentionally cause or attempt to cause serious 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | physical injury to another. 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) A person may not INTENTIONALLY commit an assault with a firearm, 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | including: 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (i) a handgun, antique firearm, rifle, shotgun, short–barreled 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | shotgun, or short–barreled rifle, as those terms are defined in § 4–201 of this article; 22 2 SENATE BILL 351 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (ii) an assault pistol, as defined in § 4–301 of this article; 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | |
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| 53 | 53 | | (iii) a machine gun, as defined in § 4–401 of this article; and 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (iv) a regulated firearm, as defined in § 5–101 of the Public Safety 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Article. 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) A person may not commit an assault by intentionally strangling 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | another. 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of assault in the first 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 25 years. 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | October 1, 2024. 10 |
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