---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Hunting - Deer Management Permits"
description: "Natural Resources - Hunting - Deer Management Permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 788"
citation: "Maryland HB 788 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Charles County", "Emergency Bills", "Hunting", "Licenses", "St. Mary's County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eastern Shore Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d445994-5692-417f-a3b0-bb1b2f141763"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB788&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "f9c3e2e2cbc05610da8aa5f9aad6c00f27d5638723d0500a20455bdced7b7799"
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 788 (2017) — Natural Resources - Hunting - Deer Management Permits

## 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/hb0788f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **121–15** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Eastern Shore Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/24 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
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (121-15) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** 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 (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d445994-5692-417f-a3b0-bb1b2f141763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).