Bill would form workgroup to study Maryland’s extreme risk protective orders

Mar 13, 2026

HB 15-41 would create a temporary cross-agency workgroup to evaluate how Maryland's extreme risk protective order (ERPO) laws are being used and to recommend improvements; sponsor said the bill does not change the law but is meant to identify barriers to effective use.

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Delegate Bandari introduced HB 15-41 as a study bill to examine how Maryland's extreme risk protective order (ERPO) framework operates across agencies and whether the law is functioning as intended.

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