---
type: "Bill"
title: "Handgun Permits - Alternative Expiration Date - Private Detectives, Security Guards, and Special Police Officers"
description: "Handgun Permits - Alternative Expiration Date - Private Detectives, Security Guards, and Special Police Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 877"
citation: "Maryland HB 877 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Guns", "Law Enforcement", "Licenses", "Private Detectives", "State Police", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McComas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80ede0b7-dabb-4595-8a3d-0db335bb1521"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB877&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "c357252f5e51a780027c1a60302d1b65db9426b71de743f158e49f459fcbe494"
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 877 (2017) — Handgun Permits - Alternative Expiration Date - Private Detectives, Security Guards, and Special Police Officers

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0877f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McComas — primary (person)
- B. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Parrott — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rey — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Sophocleus — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {242915/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (137-1) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Floor Amendment {803121/2 (Senator Madaleno)
- **2017-04-07** Special Order until 4/10 (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
- **2017-04-10** Floor Amendment {803121/2 (Senator Madaleno) Withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 191 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80ede0b7-dabb-4595-8a3d-0db335bb1521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).