---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study"
description: "Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1629"
citation: "Maryland HB 1629 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38be746e-3413-47a3-9498-9926727e56eb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1629?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "091a2cf7389dc51a2983810014e488d2b33825dd2c93300d9debf53f0307a7c9"
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 1629 (2020) — Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_491_hb1629e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Office of the Attorney General – Firearm Crime, Injuries, Fatalities, and Crime Firearms – Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1629e.pdf)
3. **First - Office of the Attorney General - Firearm Crime - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1629f.pdf)
4. **Third - Office of the Attorney General - Firearm Crime - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1629t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Suspend Rules and refer to Committee — **130–8** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **106–28** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **30–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **100–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Motion Rules Suspend to Refer (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
- **2020-02-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-11** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Committee Amendment {
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Rejected
- **2020-03-18** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 491 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38be746e-3413-47a3-9498-9926727e56eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).