---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention – Crime Firearms – Study"
description: "Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention – Crime Firearms – Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 622"
citation: "Maryland SB 622 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Attorney General", "Crime Control and Prevention", "Governor's Office of", "Crimes and Punishments", "Data", "Dealers", "Guns", "Interstate Affairs", "Reports", "State Police", "Department of", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99eb3c6b-2a14-4185-a46d-47280d90509e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB622&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "c0d711de4a6689f8620b00ef2640262446dddaa35204e4a3bda8180870133fd1"
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 622 (2019) — Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention – Crime Firearms – Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0622f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {208677/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {752016/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Special Order until 04/04 (Delegate Wilson) Adopted
- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 335 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99eb3c6b-2a14-4185-a46d-47280d90509e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).