---
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: "SB 23"
citation: "Maryland SB 23 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Guns", "Law Enforcement", "Licenses", "Private Detectives", "State Police", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-07-25"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df0e048-3f62-4a2e-a5a4-a2432330e6e4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB23&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "33c03576631fe85c99223238c81894330f914af1f84770ee5a4523c07b2dc632"
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 23 (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/sb/sb0023f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **134–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {888175/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** 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 (134-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6df0e048-3f62-4a2e-a5a4-a2432330e6e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).