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Numerous Pro-Gun and Pro-Hunting Bills to be Heard Soon in Maryland!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

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
[email protected]

State Delegate James E. Malone, Jr. (D-12A), Vice Chair
[email protected]

State Delegate Saqib Ali (D-39)
[email protected]

State Delegate Pamela Beidle (D-32)
[email protected]

State Delegate Elizabeth Bobo (D-12B)
[email protected]

State Delegate Rudolph C. Cane (D-37A)
[email protected]

State Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr. (D-18)
[email protected]

State Delegate Virginia P. Clagett (D-30)
[email protected]


State Delegate Barbara Frush (D-21)
[email protected]

State Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn (D-45)
[email protected]

State Delegate Anne Healey (D-22)
[email protected]

State Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr. (D-23B)
[email protected]

State Delegate Tom Hucker (D-20)
[email protected]

State Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty (D-42)
[email protected]

State Delegate LeRoy Meyers Jr. (R-1C)
[email protected]


State Delegate Doyle L. Niemann (D-47)
[email protected]

State Delegate H. Wayne Norman (R-35A)
[email protected]

State Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell (R-29C)
[email protected]

State Delegate Andrew Serafini (R-2A)
[email protected]

State Delegate Tanya T. Shewell (R-5A)
[email protected]

State Delegate Richard A. Sossi (R-36)
[email protected]

State Delegate Dana M. Stein (D-11)
[email protected]

State Delegate Paul S. Stull (R-4A)
[email protected]

State Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr. (D-6)
[email protected]


Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (SB609, SB652):

State Senator Joan Carter Conway (D-43), Chair,
[email protected]

State Senator Roy P. Dyson (D-29), Vice-Chair,
[email protected]


State Senator Richard F. Colburn (R-37),
[email protected]

State Senator Janet Greenip (R-33),
[email protected]

State Senator
David Harrington (D-47)
[email protected]


State Senator Andrew P. Harris (R-7),
[email protected]

State Senator Michael G. Lenett (D-19),
[email protected]

State Senator Paul G. Pinsky (D-22),
[email protected]

State Senator James C. Rosapepe (D-21),
[email protected]

House Judiciary Committee (HB470):

State Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., Chair
[email protected]

State Delegate
Samuel I. Rosenberg, Vice-Chair
[email protected]

State Delegate Curtis Anderson (D-43)
[email protected]

State Delegate Benjamin Barnes (D-21)
[email protected]

State Delegate Jill Carter (D-41)
[email protected]

State Delegate Frank Conaway Jr. (D-40)
[email protected]

State Delegate Kathleen Dumais (D-15)
[email protected]

State Delegate Don Dwyer Jr. (R-31)
[email protected]

State Delegate William Frank (R-42)
[email protected]

State Delegate J.B. Jennings (R-7)
[email protected]

State Delegate Kevin Kelly (D-1B)
(410) 841-3404, (301) 858-3404

State Delegate Benjamin Kramer (D-19)
[email protected]

State Delegate Susan Lee (D-16)
[email protected]

State Delegate Gerron Levi (D-23A)
[email protected]

State Delegate Susan McComas (R-35B)
[email protected]

State Delegate Tony McConkey (R-33A)
[email protected]

State Delegate Victor Ramirez (D-47)
[email protected]

State Delegate Todd Schuler (D-8)
[email protected]

State Delegate Luiz Simmons (D-17)
[email protected]

State Delegate Michael Smigiel Sr. (R-36)
[email protected]

State Delegate Kriselda Valderrama (D-26)
[email protected]

State Delegate Jeffrey Waldstreicher (D-18)
[email protected]

Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee (SB586):

State Senator Brian E. Frosh, Chair
[email protected]

State Senator Lisa A. Gladden, Vice-Chair
[email protected]

State Senator James Brochin (D-42)
[email protected]

State Senator Jennie Forehand (D-17)
[email protected]

State Senator Larry Haines (R-5)
[email protected]

State Senator Nancy Jacobs (R-34)
[email protected]

State Senator Alex Mooney (R-3)
[email protected]

State Senator C. Anthony Muse (D-26)
[email protected]

State Senator Jamie Raskin (D-20)
[email protected]

State Senator Bryan Simonaire (R-31)
[email protected]

State Senator Norman Stone Jr. (D-6)
[email protected]

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