---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Firearm Application"
description: "Public Safety - Firearm Application"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Maryland SB 16 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Guns", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hough and Ready"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-07-18"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/677fb62b-0861-4560-ba4d-f56052d9c773"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB16&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "0dba11c1147ac26d3d20418d109c24873726eb46f7738cf575f123b089ae9c27"
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 16 (2017) — Public Safety - Firearm Application

## 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/sb/sb0016f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hough and Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-13** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-16** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 192 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/677fb62b-0861-4560-ba4d-f56052d9c773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).