---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes - Firearms and Inmates - Enforcement, Procedures, and Reporting"
description: "Crimes - Firearms and Inmates - Enforcement, Procedures, and Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 861"
citation: "Maryland SB 861 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Beidle", "Carter", "Cassilly", "Hettleman", "Hough", "Lee", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95768d89-9c9f-437a-bed3-127181e74d9b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0861?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d071a2103323d700f276ea71102d535d95c69484be4e281ce8d8a84109b0598b"
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 861 (2022) — Crimes - Firearms and Inmates - Enforcement, Procedures, and Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Crimes - Firearms and Inmates - Enforcement, Procedures, and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_142_sb0861e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Crimes - Firearms and Inmates - Enforcement, Procedures, and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0861e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland State Police Gun Center - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0861f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Firearm Crimes - Enforcement Center, Offenses, and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0861t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Buckel /603927/1 — **47–80** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **121–12** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **93–39** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to limit debate — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Cassilly — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Hough — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2022-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Lee and Bailey)
- **2022-04-11** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2022-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Lee and Bailey)
- **2022-04-11** House Refuses Recede
- **2022-04-11** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Clippinger, Moon and Williams)
- **2022-04-11** House Refuses Recede
- **2022-04-11** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Clippinger, Moon and Williams)
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-11** Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 142 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95768d89-9c9f-437a-bed3-127181e74d9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).