---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms"
description: "Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "Maryland HB 425 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez", "Office of the Attorney General", "Speaker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/938a29a4-e504-4a70-bbfd-9d9808625294"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0425?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dc26e7efc9c318a21967ea79d5ecb46067f443170e0a92eb9b7332d1c8986dbb"
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 425 (2022) — Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_18_hb0425e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0425e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0425f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0425t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **94–41** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Buckel /723121/1 — **50–80** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **95–38** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Hartman /433825/1 — **49–83** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Mautz /383128/1 — **41–88** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Recommit — **42–89** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **34–12** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Pippy /323621/1 — **44–87** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lopez — primary (person)
- Office of the Attorney General — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Motion Special Order until 3/9 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
- **2022-03-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-09** Motion Recommit to Committee (Delegate Saab) Rejected
- **2022-03-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 18 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/938a29a4-e504-4a70-bbfd-9d9808625294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).