---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cownose Ray Fishery Management Plan and Moratorium on Contests"
description: "Cownose Ray Fishery Management Plan and Moratorium on Contests"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "Maryland HB 211 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Contests", "Crimes and Punishments", "Emergency Bills", "Fish and Fishing", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Penalties and Sentences", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20518ab3-c100-4122-aaa1-b3884347d1e9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB211&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "782c7565161295282165ba2fd77f3facae4dca10b7d67667f76a5db2c81a00fc"
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 211 (2017) — Cownose Ray Fishery Management Plan and Moratorium on Contests

## 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/hb0211f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **119–21** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **44–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
- Barkley — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {140619/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (119-21) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **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 (44-2) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 398 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20518ab3-c100-4122-aaa1-b3884347d1e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).