---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunter Safety Courses - Application of Requirement and Establishment of Incentives Program"
description: "Hunter Safety Courses - Application of Requirement and Establishment of Incentives Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 66"
citation: "Maryland SB 66 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Animals", "Education", "Hunting", "Licenses", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Residency", "Rules and Regulations", "Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire and Norman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-10-17"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90a1cd59-c9d8-4804-b8b5-aa14164a303b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB66&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "b6d6c3c14beab888c02f8730c7780fe7f22339cdd585f509741b8e64c2dd1a74"
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 66 (2017) — Hunter Safety Courses - Application of Requirement and Establishment of Incentives Program

## 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/sb0066f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Simonaire and Norman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-17** 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.
- **2017-01-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30** Favorable with Amendments {324537/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-01** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90a1cd59-c9d8-4804-b8b5-aa14164a303b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).