---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kent County - Turkey Hunting on Private Property - Sundays"
description: "Kent County - Turkey Hunting on Private Property - Sundays"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 305"
citation: "Maryland HB 305 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Birds", "Emergency Bills", "Hunting", "Kent County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacobs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0affdf35-0c3e-42f6-833f-7162b4c3c44d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB305&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "1984b1ba6d57b0928ca351b6cb67c9d4eb605d116a39bd018ef916659b0ceb71"
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 305 (2017) — Kent County - Turkey Hunting on Private Property - Sundays

## 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/hb0305f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **128–5** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
- Ghrist — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (128-5) `passage`
- **2017-03-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** 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 (46-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0affdf35-0c3e-42f6-833f-7162b4c3c44d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).