HB 197 — Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-01-14
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.
Latest action: — In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsors (9)
- Bernice Mireku-North (D, MD-14) — sponsor · 2026-01-14
- Lorig Charkoudian (D, MD-20) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Kris Fair (D, MD-3) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Jessica Feldmark (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Aaron M. Kaufman (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Julie Palakovich Carr (D, MD-17) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Emily Shetty (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Jared Solomon (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
- Caylin Young (D, MD-45) — cosponsor · 2026-01-14
Action timeline (2)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Ways and Means
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House ways and means | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernice Mireku-North (D, state_lower MD-14) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron M. Kaufman (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Caylin Young (D, state_lower MD-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Emily Shetty (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jared Solomon (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jessica Feldmark (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Julie Palakovich Carr (D, state_lower MD-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Kris Fair (D, state_lower MD-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Lorig Charkoudian (D, state_lower MD-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House ways and means · md-leg