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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension"
+description: "Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 784"
+citation: "Maryland HB 784 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-04"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c86535c-00bc-48c0-b863-088057fb1090"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0784?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "95d117bef1b5d7da35aad4d2ce2b327731d8653e64015c4fc2adcd54058dd0fa"
+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 784 (2026) — Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_255_hb0784t.pdf)
+2. **First - Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0784f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0784t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-04** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-13** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 255 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c86535c-00bc-48c0-b863-088057fb1090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+