---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Firearms - Transfer"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Firearms - Transfer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1646"
citation: "Maryland HB 1646 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Public Safety", "Courts", "Crimes and Punishments", "Dealers", "Domestic Violence", "Evidence", "Guns", "Law Enforcement", "Local Government Mandates", "Notices", "Process Serving", "Rules and Regulations", "Search and Seizure", "State's Attorneys", "Transportation", "Warrants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97fcd417-b268-4dd2-82f3-2db74cb080bd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1646&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "086a2604e4c62f925fe9a558d122cd0fe5fe9a5ccbc646e6bd949f0e55d7bfeb"
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 1646 (2018) — Criminal Procedure - Firearms - Transfer

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1646f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **135–4** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with amendments adp - ON 2ND RDG — **44–87** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **129–5** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with amendments adp - ON 2ND RDG — **46–89** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Barkley — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Barve — cosponsor (person)
- Branch — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
- Frick — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hixson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- McIntosh — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {622411/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Special Order until next session (Delegate Saab) Adopted
- **2018-03-14** Floor Amendment {573523/1 (Delegate Vogt) Rejected (44-87) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-14** Floor Amendment {403126/1 (Delegate Beitzel) Rejected (46-89) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-14** Floor Amendment {363822/1 (Delegate Flanagan) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (129-5) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {208176/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-05** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2018-04-05** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-05** Delegates Moon, Queen, and Malone
- **2018-04-06** Senate Refuses to Recede
- **2018-04-06** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-06** Senators Zirkin, Ready, and Muse
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (135-4) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97fcd417-b268-4dd2-82f3-2db74cb080bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).