Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation SB118
Legislation Overview
Title: Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act
Subject: Taxes - Miscellaneous: Public Safety: Public Health: Armed Forces and Uniformed Services: Assessments: Commerce and Business: Community Development: Comptroller: Corporations: Crimes and Punishments: Equipment: Excise Tax: Goods and Services: Grants: Guns: Hearings: Homicide: Hospitals: Law Enforcement: Liability: Penalties and Sentences: Physicians: Prices: Records: Residency: Retail Sales: Revenue and Taxes: Rules and Regulations: Safety: Securities: Tax Returns: Time: Victims: Violence
Description: Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State and sales of firearms to State residents; and requiring the Comptroller to distribute a certain portion of the tax revenues to the Maryland Violence Intervention Program, the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention, the Coordinated Community Supports Partnership, the Survivors of Homicide Victims Program, the Trauma Physician Services Fund, and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: First Reading Budget and Taxation
Last Action Date: January 14, 2026
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: Joanne Benson (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 2% (1 of 47)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 14, 2026 | First Reading Budget and Taxation |
| Senate | Sep 25, 2025 | Pre-filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 11, 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
