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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Law – Firearm Crimes – Rapid Fire Trigger Activator"
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description: "Criminal Law – Firearm Crimes – Rapid Fire Trigger Activator"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 707"
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citation: "Maryland SB 707 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Safety", "Crimes and Punishments", "Equipment", "Guns", "Penalties and Sentences"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ramirez"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2018-02-02"
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last_action: "2018-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61b05744-e961-4192-9715-c155f2d373d3"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB707&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "783b9605538ffc79b29362bf9baa05ac289b8d673b89c3f75a325960b48d3852"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 707 (2018) — Criminal Law – Firearm Crimes – Rapid Fire Trigger Activator
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0707f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **36–11** (pass) · upper
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- Floor amendment Hershey /883329/1 — **19–25** (fail) · upper
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- Floor amendment Hough /643520/1 — **16–28** (fail) · upper
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- Floor amendment Klausmeier /303023/1 — **17–28** (fail) · upper
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- Favorable adp - ON 2ND RDG — **42–91** (fail) · lower
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- Floor amendment Salling /593129/2 — **15–28** (fail) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **111–29** (pass) · lower
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- Floor amendment Jennings /233624/1 — **17–28** (fail) · upper
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- Floor amendment Hershey /883329/2 — **16–29** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ramirez — primary (person)
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- Benson — cosponsor (person)
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- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Currie — cosponsor (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
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- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
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- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
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- Kasemeyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee — cosponsor (person)
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- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
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- Manno — cosponsor (person)
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- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
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- Muse — cosponsor (person)
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- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
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- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
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- Peters — cosponsor (person)
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- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Young — cosponsor (person)
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- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
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- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {498175/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {643520/1 (Senator Hough) Rejected (16-28) `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {883329/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (19-25) `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-03-16** Special Order until later today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
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- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {303023/1 (Senator Klausmeier) Rejected (17-28) `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {883329/2 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (16-29) `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {233624/1 (Senator Jennings) Rejected (17-28) `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-03-16** Floor Amendment {593129/2 (Senator Salling) Rejected (15-28) `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (36-11) `passage`
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- **2018-03-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-07** Floor Amendment {773023/1 (Delegate Mautz) Rejected (42-91) `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-04-07** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (111-29) `passage`
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- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
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- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61b05744-e961-4192-9715-c155f2d373d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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