Handgun Permits - Special Endorsement for Security Clearance Holders
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Summary
The bill adds a special endorsement to Maryland handgun permits for people who hold or recently held a Top Secret or Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance. With the endorsement, they can wear, carry, or transport a handgun wherever a law‑enforcement officer is allowed to do so, even if other laws would normally forbid it. It aims to extend the same carrying privileges to these security‑cleared individuals.
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- Judiciary — Bill HearingJudiciary · Feb 25, 2026
History
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- First Reading Judiciary
Sponsors
- Hornberger · sponsor
- Adams
- Arikan
- Baker
- Chisholm
- Ciliberti
- Griffith
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