---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Expiration and Renewal Periods for Retired Law Enforcement Officer"
description: "Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Expiration and Renewal Periods for Retired Law Enforcement Officer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 94"
citation: "Maryland HB 94 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons", "Valentine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-31"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a4f44f-b854-4604-b172-43b23625dd78"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0094?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "f12c3011e70044f1b4d2f5fc11f875356dc7c688c505ca43065c04e3e30d6b9c"
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 94 (2026) — Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Expiration and Renewal Periods for Retired Law Enforcement Officer

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Expiration and Renewal Periods for Retired Law Enforcement Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_454_hb0094t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Expiration and Renewal Periods for Retired Law Enforcement Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0094f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Expiration and Renewal Periods for Retired Law Enforcement Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0094t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–2** (pass) · lower
- HB 94 HB 174 HB 234 HB 248 HB 251 HB 253 HB 286 HB 329 HB 491 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Valentine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/28 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-01-16** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 454 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83a4f44f-b854-4604-b172-43b23625dd78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).