SB 646

Public Safety – Access to Firearms – Storage Requirements (Jaelynn’s Law)

Sponsor: William C. Smith, Jr. (District 20)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Public SafetyStatus: First Reading Judiciary (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering a certain prohibition to prohibit a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where a minor could gain access to the firearm; altering a certain exception to the prohibition; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where an unsupervised minor could gain access to the firearm and an unsupervised minor does gain access to the firearm, and the firearm causes harm to the minor or another person; establishing certain penalties; etc.

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Testimony (69)

MGA witness list

FAV 19FavorableUNF 50Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Baron, Peter	Anne Arundel County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Byrne, Julia	Baltimore County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	MDAAP	Written (PDF)
FAV	young, sophia	brady	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	king, john	former secretary of education	Position only
FAV	nichols, lindsay	giffords	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	o'mara, jaxon	march for our lives	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	herren, karenlobbyist	mpgv	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Smith, Senator Smithlegislator	Individual	Position only
FAV	bigden, lesley	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	bird, janice	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	harvey, thomas	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	mckibben, linda	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	peterson, matt	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	ward, david	Individual	Position only
FAV	whitman, gren	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	willey, melissa	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	wirzberger, michelle	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	wolcott, clinton	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Josselyn, Johnlobbyist	2A Maryland	Position only
UNF	Pennak, Mark	MSI	Position only
UNF	Pennak, Mark	MSI	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Ferguson, Colby	Maryland Farm Bureau	Written (PDF)
UNF	Doherty, Mike	Maryland State Rifle & Pistol Association	Position only
UNF	SANTOS, TREVOR	NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION	Written (PDF)
UNF	WEBER, DAVID	NRA	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Weber, Dave	NRA ILA	Position only
UNF	Mathison, Theodore	Stoney Ceeek Fishing and Hunting Club	Written (PDF)
UNF	Adams, Jeffrey	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bodine, Richard	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Brulinski, Daniel	Individual	Position only
UNF	Christoffers, Dr Edward	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Cochrum, Chris	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Cotter, Edward	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Cox, James	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	FREAR, LINDSEY	Individual	Oral
UNF	FREAR, WALTER	Individual	Oral
UNF	Faith, Derrick	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ferguson, Jesse	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Garrison, Donald	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Geiman, David	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Gillman, Robert	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hayward, Noah	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hersey, James	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hevener, Mark	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hundertmark, Peter	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kopp, Matthew	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kurzmiller, Kenneth	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lambert, Torrey	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Libertini, Louise	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	MILLER, JEFF	Individual	Oral
UNF	Maxwell, Ian	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Nechay, Nick	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Nitzell, George	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Noer, Hal	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Novotny, Art	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Novotny, Katie	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Poland, Cooper	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Raiford, Casey	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rayner jr., JEFFREY	Individual	Written (PDF)