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SENATE BILL 443
E4 5lr1277
By: Senator Smith
Introduced and read first time: January 21, 2025
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Trafficking Regulated Firearms – Felony Classification 2
FOR the purpose of reclassifying the prohibition against transporting a regulated firearm 3
into the State for the purpose of unlawfully selling or trafficking the firearm as a 4
felony; and generally relating to trafficking regulated firearms. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Public Safety 7
Section 5–140 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 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
5–140. 14
(a) A dealer or other person may not transport a regulated firearm into the State 15
for the purpose of unlawfully selling or trafficking of the regulated firearm. 16
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a [misdemeanor] FELONY and 17
on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding 18
$25,000 or both. 19
(c) Each violation of this section is a separate crime. 20
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 21
October 1, 2025. 22