---
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: "SB 268"
citation: "Maryland SB 268 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Contests", "Emergency Bills", "Emergencies", "Fish and Fishing", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Penalties and Sentences", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4521d079-f1d4-4587-8640-17e2860f377f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB268&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "a528ad30935f4de7c47507aa5058ae9ec914c202ff2c40e29d00e32b91334d3f"
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 SB 268 (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/sb/sb0268f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **115–23** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Young — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** Special Order until later today (Senator Miller) Adopted
- **2017-02-07** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** Special Order until 2/8 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2017-02-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** Floor Amendment {103824/1 (Senator Hershey) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-13** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {990715/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (115-23) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4521d079-f1d4-4587-8640-17e2860f377f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).