---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland State Police Gun Center - Firearms Surrendered Under Final Protective Orders"
description: "Maryland State Police Gun Center - Firearms Surrendered Under Final Protective Orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Maryland SB 185 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Carter", "Elfreth", "Hettleman", "James", "King", "Muse", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44938e4b-746b-44e6-9cfa-6e54f402e798"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0185?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d3fbf0e0729ed01ed2a81046ad7f0c23d349c484c6ba4b041ad08dc517a8c143"
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 185 (2023) — Maryland State Police Gun Center - Firearms Surrendered Under Final Protective Orders

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland State Police Gun Center - Firearms Surrendered Under Final Protective Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_624_sb0185t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland State Police Gun Center - Firearms Surrendered Under Final Protective Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0185f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland State Police Gun Center - Firearms Surrendered Under Final Protective Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0185t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Motion Special Order until 3/9 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2023-03-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 624 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44938e4b-746b-44e6-9cfa-6e54f402e798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).