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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Aquaculture - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures"
+description: "Aquaculture - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 841"
+citation: "Maryland HB 841 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Aquaculture", "Boundaries", "Chesapeake Bay", "Equipment", "Fish and Fishing", "Leases and Rent", "Natural Resources", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Sunset", "Wetlands"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clark and Morgan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7821a571-44ef-404d-90c3-8ad43510fe2e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB841&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "1197f486d18ed190e397a8243d0bbdf7324946aab08d73759d6955f4d34b978b"
+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 841 (2019) — Aquaculture - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures
+
+## 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/hb0841f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clark and Morgan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-02-14** Hearing canceled
+- **2019-02-14** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {730416/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
+- **2019-03-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed
+- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
+- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 238 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7821a571-44ef-404d-90c3-8ad43510fe2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+