---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crabs - Harvest Times - Holidays"
description: "Crabs - Harvest Times - Holidays"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Maryland SB 59 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Boats and Ships", "Crabs", "Equipment", "Fish and Fishing", "Licenses", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Rules and Regulations", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waugh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-10-03"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23c4f01e-f1f7-4908-991a-aa0e2aa50538"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB59&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "cb2e0c3dfb5f120ebc8c5ac45cf5f339f69f5bf66f0057af380ac7b3d3191286"
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 59 (2017) — Crabs - Harvest Times - Holidays

## 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/sb0059f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Waugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-03** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Favorable with Amendments {714430/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-03** 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 {500416/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23c4f01e-f1f7-4908-991a-aa0e2aa50538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).