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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Forests and Parks - Public Recreation on Private and State-Owned Land - Hunting"
+description: "Forests and Parks - Public Recreation on Private and State-Owned Land - Hunting"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1246"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1246 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Natural Resources - Generally", "Civil Actions and Procedures", "Hunting", "Liability", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Real Property", "Rules and Regulations", "Sports and Recreation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clark"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-10"
+last_action: "2017-05-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b96b3c6-e4ed-4764-a8e0-23045fbf2d75"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1246&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "accbc3c085901aed13f09de80bfc6fd24c2b997722d3daaa9b3043ecec8bb9a1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 1246 (2017) — Forests and Parks - Public Recreation on Private and State-Owned Land - Hunting
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1246f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **133–5** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clark — primary (person)
+- Chang — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Otto — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Rey — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Sophocleus — cosponsor (person)
+- Vallario — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-03-18** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-18** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (133-5) `passage`
+- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-22** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
+- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b96b3c6-e4ed-4764-a8e0-23045fbf2d75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+