---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Rapid-Fire Activator - Switch/Auto-Sear"
description: "Criminal Law - Rapid-Fire Activator - Switch/Auto-Sear"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 810"
citation: "Maryland HB 810 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speaker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f04af751-b703-4129-a23e-5273fd1a796d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0810?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "271bd0ba10e20c37f5a2ddaa2b4ce22b2a6531def933db8d5230f91216c7076b"
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 810 (2024) — Criminal Law - Rapid-Fire Activator - Switch/Auto-Sear

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Rapid-Fire Activator - Switch/Auto-Sear** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_713_hb0810e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Rapid-Fire Activator - Switch/Auto-Sear** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0810e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Weapon Crimes - Switch/Auto-Sear** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0810f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Rapid-Fire Activator - Switch/Auto-Sear** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0810t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **98–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **101–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **32–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-12** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 713 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f04af751-b703-4129-a23e-5273fd1a796d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).