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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study"
+description: "Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1629"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1629 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-02-20"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38be746e-3413-47a3-9498-9926727e56eb"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1629?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "091a2cf7389dc51a2983810014e488d2b33825dd2c93300d9debf53f0307a7c9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 1629 (2020) — Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_491_hb1629e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1629e.pdf)
+3. **First - Office of the Attorney General - Firearm Crime - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1629f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Office of the Attorney General - Firearm Crime - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1629t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Suspend Rules and refer to Committee — **130–8** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **106–28** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **30–15** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **100–28** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clippinger — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-20** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-20** Motion Rules Suspend to Refer (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
+- **2020-02-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-24** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-11** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-13** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
+- **2020-03-18** Committee Amendment {
+- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Rejected
+- **2020-03-18** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 491 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38be746e-3413-47a3-9498-9926727e56eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+