---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aquaculture - Leases - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation"
description: "Aquaculture - Leases - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 964"
citation: "Maryland SB 964 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Aquaculture", "Emergency Bills", "Leases and Rent", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier and Eckardt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8553816-5199-44bc-b8f4-47d2ea425f7e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB964&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "26bae03496b0fcbb9e5115d99eedbd7bc9355fb92b93d6d011156d9bf22e103c"
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 964 (2017) — Aquaculture - Leases - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

## 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/sb0964f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier and Eckardt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {724233/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/29 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
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 380 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8553816-5199-44bc-b8f4-47d2ea425f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).