Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements (Jaelynn's Law)
Sponsor: William C. Smith, Jr. (District 20)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)
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 (65)
MGA witness listFAV 18FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 45UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Landau, Mindy | Brady United Against Gun Violence | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Young, Sophia | Brady United Against Gun Violence | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rogers, Kelsey | Brady: United Against Gun Violence | Oral |
| FAV | Lieberman, Jim | CIF | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Willis , Greta | Kevin L Cooper Foundation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Schablein, Jared | Lower Shore Progressive Caucus | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | O'Mara, Jaxon | March For Our Lives | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Maubert, Laurelle | March For Our Lives Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Benjamin, Peter | Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence | Oral |
| FAV | DeLong, Michael | Montgomery County Young Democrats | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kasemeyer, Pam | Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A. | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Egan, Ashleylobbyist | UULM-MD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Herren, Karenlobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | LeWinter, Andrea | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Peterson, Matt | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pucino, David | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Senator Smith, Senator Smithlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Willey, Melissa | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Stoa, paul | Atlantic Tactical Firearms Academy | Oral |
| UNF | Pennak, Mark | Maryland Shall Issue, Inc. | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Doherty, Mike | Maryland State Rifle & Pistol Association | Oral |
| UNF | Spiker, D.J. | National Rifle Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Wilson, Garry | none | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Acuti, Richard | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Andraka, Nicholas | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Balog, George | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Benkert, Brian | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Bowman, Robert | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Carlin-Weber, Daniel | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Davis, Scott | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | DeTello, Nicholas | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Ebling, James | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Fernley, Jeffrey | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Gandotra, Neeraj | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Gentry, Patrick | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Griffin, Craig | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Gross, Kenneth | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Harman, David | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Johnston, Stephen | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Klein, Manuel | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Klein, Michelle | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Kohler, Gene | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Kwoka, Daniel | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Mathison, Theodore | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Mauer, William | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Maxwell, Ian Rus | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | McGuire, James | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Nash, Melissa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Novotny, Art | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Novotny, Katie | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Picard, Jesse | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Polis, Karen | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Putt, Brian | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Rigg, Steven | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Sharpless, Bradford | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Spiridon, Christopher | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Sugar, Earle | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Walinskas, Karl | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
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