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HOUSE BILL 296

CHAPTER NUMBER: 489
File Code: Family Law
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 267

Sponsored By:
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Bronrott, Doory, Dumais, Frick, Guzzone, Lee, Rosenberg, and Vaughn

Entitled:
Family Law - Protective Orders - Surrender of Firearms

Synopsis:

Requiring a final protective order to order the respondent to surrender to law enforcement authorities any firearm in the respondent's possession, and to refrain from possession of any firearm, for the duration of the order; requiring a law enforcement officer to provide specified information to a respondent when a firearm is surrendered and to transport and store the firearm in a specified manner; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used. Explain Legislative Date and Calendar Date
House Action
1/29
First Reading Judiciary
1/30
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
3/9
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/10
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order 3/12 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
3/12
Floor Amendment (Delegate McComas) Rejected (43-93)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Shank) Rejected (38-98)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Smigiel)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Smigiel) Rejected (48-89)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Jennings) Rejected (46-90)
Floor Amendment (Delegate George) Rejected
Floor Amendment (Delegate DeBoy) Rejected (17-117)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/17
Third Reading Passed (98-38)
4/1
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/18
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
4/3
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
4/1
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/2
Third Reading Passed (32-15)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/19
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 489

Sponsored by:

Speaker, The
Administration
Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
Delegate C. William Frick, District 16
Delegate Guy Guzzone, District 13
Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Domestic Violence -see also- Child Abuse & Neglect
Guns
Law Enforcement -see also- State Police, Department of
Protection Orders
Storage
Weapons -see also- Guns

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Family Law
( 4-506 , 4-506.1 , 4-507 , 4-509 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
Number: 263127/02     Offered on: March 12, 2009   at: 10:34 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 303822/03     Offered on: March 12, 2009   at: 10:54 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 693421/01     Offered on: March 13, 2009   at: 3:38 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 713222/01     Offered on: March 13, 2009   at: 3:38 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 873522/03     Offered on: March 12, 2009   at: 10:43 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 922317/01     Offered on: March 10, 2009   at: 10:24 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 923222/01     Offered on: March 13, 2009   at: 3:39 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 12, 2009: Floor Amendment (McComas) {263127/2 Rejected (43-93)
March 12, 2009: Floor Amendment (Shank) {873522/3 Rejected (38-98)
March 12, 2009: Floor Amendment (Smigiel) Rejected (48-89)
March 12, 2009: Floor Amendment (Jennings) {693421/1 Rejected (46-90)
March 12, 2009: Floor Amendment (DeBoy) {923222/1 Rejected (17-117)
March 17, 2009: Third Reading Passed (98-38)
Senate
April 2, 2009: Third Reading Passed (32-15)



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