---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Foxes and Hounds - Repeal of Provisions"
description: "St. Mary's County - Foxes and Hounds - Repeal of Provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Maryland HB 187 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Crimes and Punishments", "Dogs", "Fines", "Hunting", "Public Local Laws", "St. Mary's County", "Trapping"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07f593f7-59c4-4975-8a0d-76bc788c8cf9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB187&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "cf4b0bc9947a9100348e998616343e11f664f1d2c110b68a12bd76a95f41b172"
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 187 (2017) — St. Mary's County - Foxes and Hounds - Repeal of Provisions

## 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/hb0187f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **137–3** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** 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 (137-3) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07f593f7-59c4-4975-8a0d-76bc788c8cf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).