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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Natural Resources – Wildlife Trafficking Prevention"
+description: "Natural Resources – Wildlife Trafficking Prevention"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 52"
+citation: "Maryland HB 52 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barve", "Belcastro", "Boyce", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Healey", "Holmes", "Jalisi", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Love", "Ruth", "Solomon", "Stein", "Stewart", "Terrasa"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-10-05"
+last_action: "2022-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9cb7119-6383-47b3-a8b6-b206ee735e5b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0052?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "d694d37adec09219c1661920b6089cf3014689d52c94456c871a047bc5cd8c43"
+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 52 (2022) — Natural Resources – Wildlife Trafficking Prevention
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Natural Resources – Wildlife Trafficking Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_235_hb0052t.pdf)
+2. **First - Natural Resources – Wildlife Trafficking Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0052f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Natural Resources – Wildlife Trafficking Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0052t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 52 HB 221 HB 540 HB 601 HB 644 HB 682 HB 1140 HB 1149 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **125–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barve — primary (person)
+- Belcastro — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Jalisi — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Lierman — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Terrasa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2022-01-12** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-10** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9cb7119-6383-47b3-a8b6-b206ee735e5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+