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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card"
+description: "Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1400"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1400 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Arentz", "Baker", "Beauchamp", "Boyce", "Buckel", "Ciliberti", "Ghrist", "Healey", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Hutchinson", "Jacobs", "McComas", "Reilly", "Schmidt", "T. Morgan", "Wivell", "Ziegler"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-13"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d454c9b-5179-4648-b2c5-63305aa445f8"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1400?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "743401bf4530e25541a029b00dab6b5a81713cf90a3b4c5991eef69caf2d1667"
+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 1400 (2026) — Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_304_hb1400t.pdf)
+2. **First - Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1400f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1400t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Adams — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Baker — primary (person)
+- Beauchamp — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- Ciliberti — primary (person)
+- Ghrist — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Hutchinson — primary (person)
+- Jacobs — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Wivell — primary (person)
+- Ziegler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d454c9b-5179-4648-b2c5-63305aa445f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+