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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cownose Ray Fishery Management Plan and Moratorium on Contests"
+description: "Cownose Ray Fishery Management Plan and Moratorium on Contests"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 268"
+citation: "Maryland SB 268 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Contests", "Emergency Bills", "Emergencies", "Fish and Fishing", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Penalties and Sentences", "Rules and Regulations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-01-20"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4521d079-f1d4-4587-8640-17e2860f377f"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB268&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "a528ad30935f4de7c47507aa5058ae9ec914c202ff2c40e29d00e32b91334d3f"
+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 SB 268 (2017) — Cownose Ray Fishery Management Plan and Moratorium on Contests
+
+## 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/sb/sb0268f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **115–23** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Young — primary (person)
+- Benson — cosponsor (person)
+- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-20** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-02-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-07** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-07** Special Order until later today (Senator Miller) Adopted
+- **2017-02-07** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-07** Special Order until 2/8 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
+- **2017-02-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-08** Floor Amendment {103824/1 (Senator Hershey) Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2017-02-13** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2017-02-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-06** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {990715/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (115-23) `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
+- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
+- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4521d079-f1d4-4587-8640-17e2860f377f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+