---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Wildlife and Hunting"
description: "Natural Resources - Wildlife and Hunting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 126"
citation: "Maryland HB 126 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Animals", "Birds", "Hunting", "Licenses", "Natural Resources", "Residency", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38e0cf51-4e02-49c9-88ed-b8288d7a3adb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB126&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "a14359af2b8e10f92d436d541758bea6a487f8234b6732538a72f45e7866c30d"
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 126 (2017) — Natural Resources - Wildlife and 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/hb0126f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **134–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Environment and Transportation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-13** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-16** Third Reading Passed (134-1) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 102 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38e0cf51-4e02-49c9-88ed-b8288d7a3adb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).