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Maryland · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 444: Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 444 is a bill introduced in the Maryland Senate on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms. Primary sponsor: Will Smith (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 7, 2025): Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Will SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate20

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
  2. Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  3. Favorable with Amendments {
  4. Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
  5. Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m.
  6. Hearing canceled
  7. Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
  8. Referred Judiciary
  9. Third Reading Passed
  10. Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  11. Floor Amendment {
  12. Favorable with Amendments Adopted

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source