---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, and Disabled Veterans"
description: "Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, and Disabled Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Maryland HB 4 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Armed Forces", "Disabilities", "Fish and Fishing", "Hunting", "Interstate Affairs", "Licenses", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Reports", "Residency", "Sunset", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire and Metzgar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-08-04"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b9a3735-d12d-4117-9c2b-b6d3c5fbee9b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB4&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "225a754efb9f5f23d2986b8120b7822e576064204e1775f666f940b8f3cb6fa4"
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 4 (2017) — Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, and Disabled Veterans

## 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/hb0004f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Simonaire and Metzgar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-08-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Hearing 1/25 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 {710416/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {934537/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b9a3735-d12d-4117-9c2b-b6d3c5fbee9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).