---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Machine Gun Convertible Pistols"
description: "Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Machine Gun Convertible Pistols"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 334"
citation: "Maryland SB 334 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Love", "Smith", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77fe8258-0138-4023-abcd-47b9d41e3736"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0334?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8195cfb6719aac895baa393e590826d7aeae63423d900cef5182dc250f2cd233"
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 334 (2026) — Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Machine Gun Convertible Pistols

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Machine Gun Convertible Pistols** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_771_sb0334t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Machine Gun Convertible Pistols** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0334f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Machine Gun Convertible Pistols** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0334t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse Receded) — **91–40** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **28–16** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **92–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Love — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Senator Ready) Rejected
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-08** Motion Reconsider the Vote to Not Concur (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-09** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-09** Motion Recede (Delegate Bartlett) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Recede
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 771 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77fe8258-0138-4023-abcd-47b9d41e3736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).