---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun"
description: "Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 824"
citation: "Maryland HB 824 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett", "Cardin", "Clippinger", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Embry", "Kaufman", "Moon", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Taylor", "Toles", "Williams", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/317bb261-9953-42e0-a078-1de827cb677b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0824?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "22f607b3b0c9e5d5ef3e8663614411e9c048def3620dd1814f15c83aae87d827"
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 824 (2023) — Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_651_hb0824e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0824e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0824f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0824t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Motion Special Order until 3/14 (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
- **2023-03-14** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-14** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-14** Motion Special Order until 3/15 (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
- **2023-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Hearing 4/05 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Motion Special Order until 4/10 (Senator West) Withdrawn
- **2023-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-07** Motion Special Order until 4/10 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2023-04-07** Motion Reconsider Special Order (Senator Hayes) Adopted
- **2023-04-07** Motion Reconsider Floor Amendment {713828/1 (Senator Carter) (Senator Hayes) Adopted
- **2023-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-07** Motion Special Order until 4/10 (Senator Carter) Rejected
- **2023-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-07** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 651 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/317bb261-9953-42e0-a078-1de827cb677b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).