---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - Seasonal Exceptional Poultry Hauling Permit"
description: "Motor Vehicles - Seasonal Exceptional Poultry Hauling Permit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 917"
citation: "Maryland SB 917 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections", "Agriculture", "Eastern Shore", "Farmland", "Highway Administration", "State", "Highways", "Licenses", "Meat", "Poultry", "Seafood", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicle Equipment", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Notices", "Reports", "Trucks", "Weights and Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathias"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec421a72-4b68-4fc2-a381-e4b74bb28f53"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB917&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "94dd0db8cd1e7c71e93b5eabb4cc3c8389751513d1e7b8f5e66ff4b8a6cc1be0"
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 917 (2017) — Motor Vehicles - Seasonal Exceptional Poultry Hauling Permit

## 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/sb0917f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mathias — primary (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {470813/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-04** Floor Committee Amendment {270317/1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec421a72-4b68-4fc2-a381-e4b74bb28f53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).