---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forests and Parks - Public Recreation on Private and State-Owned Land - Hunting"
description: "Forests and Parks - Public Recreation on Private and State-Owned Land - Hunting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "Maryland HB 1246 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Natural Resources - Generally", "Civil Actions and Procedures", "Hunting", "Liability", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Real Property", "Rules and Regulations", "Sports and Recreation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clark"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b96b3c6-e4ed-4764-a8e0-23045fbf2d75"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1246&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "accbc3c085901aed13f09de80bfc6fd24c2b997722d3daaa9b3043ecec8bb9a1"
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 1246 (2017) — Forests and Parks - Public Recreation on Private and State-Owned Land - Hunting

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1246f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **133–5** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Clark — primary (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Otto — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Rey — cosponsor (person)
- S. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Sophocleus — cosponsor (person)
- Vallario — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-18** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (133-5) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b96b3c6-e4ed-4764-a8e0-23045fbf2d75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).