---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events"
description: "Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "Maryland HB 284 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-24"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18b157e8-ac59-420b-b007-ec1f14970959"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0284?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "cb6a3aacd80d0e07e4c5a113197f275481157aaa7cfb68fd2bcc6b8a25964685"
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 284 (2026) — Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_85_hb0284e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0284e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Potential Compromise of Security Features** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0284f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Licensed Firearms Dealers - Notification Regarding Compromising Events** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0284t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **32–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **114–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-01-16** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 85 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18b157e8-ac59-420b-b007-ec1f14970959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).