---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law – Firearm Crimes – Rapid Fire Trigger Activator"
description: "Criminal Law – Firearm Crimes – Rapid Fire Trigger Activator"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "Maryland SB 707 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Crimes and Punishments", "Equipment", "Guns", "Penalties and Sentences"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramirez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61b05744-e961-4192-9715-c155f2d373d3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB707&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "783b9605538ffc79b29362bf9baa05ac289b8d673b89c3f75a325960b48d3852"
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 707 (2018) — Criminal Law – Firearm Crimes – Rapid Fire Trigger Activator

## 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/sb/sb0707f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **36–11** (pass) · upper
- Floor amendment Hershey /883329/1 — **19–25** (fail) · upper
- Floor amendment Hough /643520/1 — **16–28** (fail) · upper
- Floor amendment Klausmeier /303023/1 — **17–28** (fail) · upper
- Favorable adp - ON 2ND RDG — **42–91** (fail) · lower
- Floor amendment Salling /593129/2 — **15–28** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **111–29** (pass) · lower
- Floor amendment Jennings /233624/1 — **17–28** (fail) · upper
- Floor amendment Hershey /883329/2 — **16–29** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramirez — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kasemeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {498175/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {643520/1 (Senator Hough) Rejected (16-28) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {883329/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (19-25) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-16** Special Order until later today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {303023/1 (Senator Klausmeier) Rejected (17-28) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {883329/2 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (16-29) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {233624/1 (Senator Jennings) Rejected (17-28) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {593129/2 (Senator Salling) Rejected (15-28) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (36-11) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Floor Amendment {773023/1 (Delegate Mautz) Rejected (42-91) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (111-29) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61b05744-e961-4192-9715-c155f2d373d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).