republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-707.md

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Bill	Criminal Law – Firearm Crimes – Rapid Fire Trigger Activator	Criminal Law – Firearm Crimes – Rapid Fire Trigger Activator	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 707	Maryland SB 707 (2018)	bill	Public Safety Crimes and Punishments Equipment Guns Penalties and Sentences	enacted	Ramirez	1	22	9	2018-02-02	2018-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/61b05744-e961-4192-9715-c155f2d373d3	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB707&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	783b9605538ffc79b29362bf9baa05ac289b8d673b89c3f75a325960b48d3852	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 707 (2018) — Criminal Law – Firearm Crimes – Rapid Fire Trigger Activator

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 36–11 (pass) · upper
• Floor amendment Hershey /883329/1 — 19–25 (fail) · upper
• Floor amendment Hough /643520/1 — 16–28 (fail) · upper
• Floor amendment Klausmeier /303023/1 — 17–28 (fail) · upper
• Favorable adp - ON 2ND RDG — 42–91 (fail) · lower
• Floor amendment Salling /593129/2 — 15–28 (fail) · upper
• On Third Reading — 111–29 (pass) · lower
• Floor amendment Jennings /233624/1 — 17–28 (fail) · upper
• Floor amendment Hershey /883329/2 — 16–29 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Ramirez — primary (person)
• Benson — cosponsor (person)
• Brochin — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Currie — cosponsor (person)
• Feldman — cosponsor (person)
• Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
• Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
• Kagan — cosponsor (person)
• Kasemeyer — cosponsor (person)
• Kelley — cosponsor (person)
• King — cosponsor (person)
• Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
• Manno — cosponsor (person)
• McFadden — cosponsor (person)
• Muse — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
• Oaks — cosponsor (person)
• Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Young — cosponsor (person)
• Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
• Zucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-02 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-15 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {498175/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Floor Amendment {643520/1 (Senator Hough) Rejected (16-28) amendment-failure
• 2018-03-16 Floor Amendment {883329/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (19-25) amendment-failure
• 2018-03-16 Special Order until later today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
• 2018-03-16 Floor Amendment {303023/1 (Senator Klausmeier) Rejected (17-28) amendment-failure
• 2018-03-16 Floor Amendment {883329/2 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (16-29) amendment-failure
• 2018-03-16 Floor Amendment {233624/1 (Senator Jennings) Rejected (17-28) amendment-failure
• 2018-03-16 Floor Amendment {593129/2 (Senator Salling) Rejected (15-28) amendment-failure
• 2018-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (36-11) passage
• 2018-03-20 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-21 Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-07 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-07 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-07 Floor Amendment {773023/1 (Delegate Mautz) Rejected (42-91) amendment-failure
• 2018-04-07 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (111-29) passage
• 2018-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2018-04-24 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61b05744-e961-4192-9715-c155f2d373d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).