---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2024)"
description: "Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 947"
citation: "Maryland HB 947 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Embry", "Kaufman", "Moon", "Phillips", "Roberson", "Simmons", "Taylor", "Toles", "White Holland", "Williams", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8adb48b0-26f0-4489-8ed0-fcf93f927f6e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0947?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5c7c43a5eb6dc8766c3ec27abb45d7f51da43b2ad1c7f6ba87b89ff1eb559a00"
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 947 (2024) — Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_714_hb0947t.pdf)
2. **First - Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0947f.pdf)
3. **Third - Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0947t.pdf)

## Votes

- Suspend Rule 24 to allow two readings of a bill in the same day — **31–14** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **94–38** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Buckel /933523/1 — **37–97** (fail) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **31–16** (pass) · upper
- Motion to limit debate — **33–13** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Buckel /973929/1 — **38–95** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
- **2024-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2024-04-08** Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8adb48b0-26f0-4489-8ed0-fcf93f927f6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).