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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023)"
description: "Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Maryland SB 1 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Augustine", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Kelly", "King", "Lam", "Lee", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Muse", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "Zucker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-08-16"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2ecc8af-13e6-42fa-b55a-3ec331c9c4cd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0001?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ed7531d158ff24d0ffaf4440407341a33f5f0cb2a31a4ce1c012a10809fabe56"
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 1 (2023) — Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_680_sb0001e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0001e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0001f.pdf)
4. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2023RS-SB0001-REIN.pdf)
5. **Third - Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0001t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-08-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Motion Laid Over (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2023-03-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2023-03-09** Favorable as Amended Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-09** Motion Reconsider floor amendment 143729/1 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2023-03-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2023-03-09** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-08** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/10 (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-04-10** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Kaufman) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2ecc8af-13e6-42fa-b55a-3ec331c9c4cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).