Maryland SB 907: Public Safety - Firearms Database

Status: Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn (as of 2018-03-09)

State: Maryland · Session: 2018 · Bill: SB 907

Subjects: Public Safety, Crimes and Punishments, Data, Electronic Government, Guns, Public Information, Self Defense, State Police, Department of

Sponsors: Waugh

Bill Text

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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SENATE BILL 907
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By: Senator Waugh
Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2018
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Public Safety – Firearms Database 2

FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of State Police to create and maintain a 3
database containing information regarding the use of firearms in the commission of 4
a crime and the use of firearms in self–defense; requiring certain information to be 5
included in the database; requiring the database to be open to the public; and 6
generally relating to a firearms database. 7

BY adding to 8
Article – Public Safety 9
Section 5–147 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2011 Replacement Volume and 2017 Supplement) 12

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14

Article – Public Safety 15

5–147. 16

(A) THE SECRETARY SHALL CREATE AND MAINTAIN A DATABASE 17
CONTAINING INFORMATION REGARDING THE USE OF FIREARMS IN: 18

(1) THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME; AND 19

(2) SELF–DEFENSE. 20

(B) THE DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION 21
REGARDING ALL SEIZED OR RECOVERED FIREARMS USED IN THE COMMISSION OF A 22

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CRIME: 1

(1) THE CRIME IN WHICH THE FIREARM WAS USED; 2

(2) THE LOCATION OF THE CRIME IN WHICH THE FIREARM WAS USED; 3

(3) WHETHER THE FIREARM WAS LEGALLY OWNED; AND 4

(4) THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE FIREARM. 5

(C) THE DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION 6
REGARDING FIREARMS USED FOR SELF–DEFENSE: 7

(1) A DESCRIPTION OF THE INCIDENT IN WHICH THE FIREARM WAS 8
USED FOR SELF–DEFENSE; 9

(2) THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT IN WHICH THE FIREARM WAS 10
USED; 11

(3) WHETHER THE FIREARM WAS LEGALLY OWNED; AND 12

(4) THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE FIREARM. 13

(D) THE DATABASE SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. 14

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15
October 1, 2018. 16

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