There are several pro-gun and pro-hunting bills making their way through the Maryland Legislature that will be considered in the coming days. Dates have yet to be scheduled.
House Bill 663 will soon be heard by the House Committee on Environmental Matters. This bill would remove restrictions on a person’s ability to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property in Baltimore County.
Senate Bill 609, introduced by State Senator David Brinkley (R-4), has been assigned to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee. This pro-hunting bill will authorize a person in Frederick County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property with a bow and arrow during October and November.
The House Committee on Environmental Matters and Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee have been assigned to consider House Bill 675 and its companion, Senate Bill 652, respectively. Sponsored by the Allegany and Garrett County Delegations, these measures are designed to increase hunting opportunities in these counties. HB675 and SB652 would authorize a person in Allegany or Garrett County to hunt for deer on private property with a bow and arrow during open season on the final three Sundays in October and the second Sunday in November.
Also pending consideration is House Bill 470. This legislation would repeal the requirement that the Secretary of State Police find that a person has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry or transport a handgun before issuing a handgun permit. HB470 is in the House Judiciary Committee.
Finally, Senate Bill 586, an NRA-backed measure introduced by State Senators Alexander Mooney (R-3) and Anthony Muse (D-26), is awaiting action by the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. SB586 would allow victims of spousal domestic abuse a temporary or final protective order to wear, carry or transport a concealed handgun and be issued a concealed carry permit by the Secretary of State Police.
Please contact the members of the committees listed below and respectfully urge them to support these bills.
House Committee on Environmental Matters (HB663, HB6755):
State Delegate Maggie McIntosh (D-43), Chair
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State Delegate James E. Malone, Jr. (D-12A), Vice Chair
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State Delegate Saqib Ali (D-39)
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State Delegate Pamela Beidle (D-32)
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State Delegate Elizabeth Bobo (D-12B)
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State Delegate Rudolph C. Cane (D-37A)
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State Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr. (D-18)
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State Delegate Virginia P. Clagett (D-30)
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State Delegate Barbara Frush (D-21)
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State Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn (D-45)
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State Delegate Anne Healey (D-22)
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State Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr. (D-23B)
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State Delegate Tom Hucker (D-20)
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State Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty (D-42)
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State Delegate LeRoy Meyers Jr. (R-1C)
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State Delegate Doyle L. Niemann (D-47)
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State Delegate H. Wayne Norman (R-35A)
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State Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell (R-29C)
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State Delegate Andrew Serafini (R-2A)
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State Delegate Tanya T. Shewell (R-5A)
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State Delegate Richard A. Sossi (R-36)
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State Delegate Dana M. Stein (D-11)
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State Delegate Paul S. Stull (R-4A)
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State Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr. (D-6)
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Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (SB609, SB652):
State Senator Joan Carter Conway (D-43), Chair,
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State Senator Roy P. Dyson (D-29), Vice-Chair,
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State Senator Richard F. Colburn (R-37),
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State Senator Janet Greenip (R-33),
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State Senator David Harrington (D-47)
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State Senator Andrew P. Harris (R-7),
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State Senator Michael G. Lenett (D-19),
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State Senator Paul G. Pinsky (D-22),
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State Senator James C. Rosapepe (D-21),
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House Judiciary Committee (HB470):
State Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., Chair
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State Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, Vice-Chair
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State Delegate Curtis Anderson (D-43)
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State Delegate Benjamin Barnes (D-21)
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State Delegate Jill Carter (D-41)
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State Delegate Frank Conaway Jr. (D-40)
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State Delegate Kathleen Dumais (D-15)
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State Delegate Don Dwyer Jr. (R-31)
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State Delegate William Frank (R-42)
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State Delegate J.B. Jennings (R-7)
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State Delegate Kevin Kelly (D-1B)
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State Delegate Benjamin Kramer (D-19)
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State Delegate Susan Lee (D-16)
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State Delegate Gerron Levi (D-23A)
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State Delegate Susan McComas (R-35B)
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State Delegate Tony McConkey (R-33A)
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State Delegate Victor Ramirez (D-47)
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State Delegate Todd Schuler (D-8)
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State Delegate Luiz Simmons (D-17)
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State Delegate Michael Smigiel Sr. (R-36)
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State Delegate Kriselda Valderrama (D-26)
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State Delegate Jeffrey Waldstreicher (D-18)
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Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee (SB586):
State Senator Brian E. Frosh, Chair
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State Senator Lisa A. Gladden, Vice-Chair
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State Senator James Brochin (D-42)
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State Senator Jennie Forehand (D-17)
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State Senator Larry Haines (R-5)
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State Senator Nancy Jacobs (R-34)
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State Senator Alex Mooney (R-3)
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State Senator C. Anthony Muse (D-26)
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State Senator Jamie Raskin (D-20)
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State Senator Bryan Simonaire (R-31)
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State Senator Norman Stone Jr. (D-6)
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