Proposed Maryland Firearm Legislation HB1185
Legislation Overview
Title: Criminal Law - Crimes Against Property - Right to Defend Property
Subject: Criminal Law - Procedure: Burglary: Crimes and Punishments: Self Defense: Assault: Death: Liability: Trespass: Victims
Description: Establishing that an occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force against another person when the other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that the other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the unlawful entry or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the unlawful entry; establishing that a person acting in accordance with the Act is immune from specified criminal prosecution.
Session: 2014 Regular Session
Last Action: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 15, 2014
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'.
16 sponsors: Neil C Parrott;Kathryn L Afzali; Don H Dwyer Jr.; Donald B Elliott; Glen Glass; Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio;Michael J Hough; Nicholaus R Kipke; Susan W Krebs; Susan K McComas; Tony McConkey; Charles J Otto; Justin D Ready;Kelly M Schulz; Kathy J Szeliga; Cathleen M. Vitale;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 11% (16 of 141)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 15, 2014 | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| House | Mar 11, 2014 | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
| House | Feb 7, 2014 | First Reading Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 7, 2014 | 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
