Maryland 2026 Session Status: Introduced 8 D cosponsors

HB0197 — Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act

Last action — Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House of Delegates. Introduced January 14, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Odds of enactment

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Summary

Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State and sales of firearms to residents of the State; requiring the Comptroller to distribute a portion of the tax revenues to the Maryland Violence Intervention Program, the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention, the Coordinated Community Supports Partnership, the Survivors of Homicide Victims Program, the Trauma Physician Services Fund, and the Cowley Shock Trauma Center; etc.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)

  2. First Reading (House of Origin)

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (178)

178 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety taxation
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB0197 do?
Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State and sales of firearms to residents of the State; requiring the Comptroller to distribute a portion of the tax revenues to the Maryland Violence Intervention Program, the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention, the Coordinated Community Supports Partnership, the Survivors of Homicide Victims Program, the Trauma Physician Services Fund, and the Cowley Shock Trauma Center; etc.
Who sponsors HB0197?
HB0197 is sponsored by Delegate Jones, D., Delegate Bernice Mireku-North (Democrat), Delegate Lorig Charkoudian (Democrat), Delegate Kris Fair (Democrat), Delegate Jessica Feldmark (Democrat), Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman (Democrat), Palakovich Carr, Delegate Emily Shetty (Democrat), Delegate Jared Solomon (Democrat), and Delegate Caylin Young (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB0197?
This bill has been introduced in the House of Delegates. Introduced January 14, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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