Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB83
Legislation Overview
Title: Family and Law Enforcement Protection Act
Subject: Family Law: Abuse: Community Facilities and Services: Domestic Violence: Guns: Law Enforcement: Licenses: License Plates: Motor Vehicles: Petitions: Protection and Peace Orders: Records: Safety: Search and Seizure: State's Attorneys: Time: Transfer of Goods: Victims: Warrants
Description: Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; and requiring a local law enforcement authority to take certain actions within 3 business days after service of an order against a respondent who is not in compliance with an order to surrender certain firearms.
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m.
Last Action Date: January 16, 2026
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Sandy Bartlett (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 16, 2026 | Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m. |
| House | Jan 14, 2026 | First Reading Judiciary |
| House | Oct 28, 2025 | Pre-filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 12, 2026 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
