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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms"
+description: "Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 775"
+citation: "Maryland SB 775 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16b6bbef-dfba-4c1f-832e-99229ecdfebd"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0775?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "e0caaf3ea69013b9a8da80c3651edb29fa0b8349b394727301cb96038e25d292"
+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 SB 775 (2026) — Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_430_sb0775t.pdf)
+2. **First - Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0775f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0775t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **96–36** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16b6bbef-dfba-4c1f-832e-99229ecdfebd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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