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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Dorchester County - Sunday Hunting - Deer Bow Hunting Season"
+description: "Dorchester County - Sunday Hunting - Deer Bow Hunting Season"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 618"
+citation: "Maryland HB 618 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Animals", "Blue Laws", "Boundaries", "Dorchester County", "Hunting", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Privacy", "Weapons"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Adams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-06"
+last_action: "2019-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/241b2306-fd82-4761-a698-2f3ab553fc3e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB618&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "1fc12dd09e830c1df22bb2936bc3e170d20219c67e44bb6a3c748c4fa8864d6d"
+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 618 (2019) — Dorchester County - Sunday Hunting - Deer Bow Hunting Season
+
+## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0618f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **131–5** (pass) · lower
+- No motion given — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Adams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-14** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {490513/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (131-5) `passage`
+- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-01** Second Reading Passed
+- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (43-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
+- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/241b2306-fd82-4761-a698-2f3ab553fc3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+