---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety – Regulated Firearms – Prohibition of Loans"
description: "Public Safety – Regulated Firearms – Prohibition of Loans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "Maryland SB 346 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Crimes and Punishments", "Dealers", "Education", "Ex-Offenders", "Guns", "Loans", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Protection Orders", "Substance Abuse", "Violence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferguson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e316f3fe-c621-4677-a3c0-6f940229cd40"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB346&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "06f064bbd6495d82fab6a2c15a4b3017017f62a5aa4d424ce47569671b71adf3"
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 346 (2019) — Public Safety – Regulated Firearms – Prohibition of Loans

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0346f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **100–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **89–47** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
- Ellis — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/21 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {888374/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Favorable with Amendments {652811/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Special Order until 03/29 (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-01** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (89-47) `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-04** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2019-04-04** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-04** Senators Hough, Carter, and Waldstreicher
- **2019-04-04** House Refuses to Recede
- **2019-04-04** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-04** Delegates Clippinger, Atterbeary, and Sydnor
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (41-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Special Order until later this session (Delegate Kipke) Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Special Order until later this session (Delegate Mautz) Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (100-37) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 458 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e316f3fe-c621-4677-a3c0-6f940229cd40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).