---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Shellfish - Harvesting by Wharf Owners"
description: "Natural Resources - Shellfish - Harvesting by Wharf Owners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1485"
citation: "Maryland HB 1485 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Boundaries", "Calvert County", "Fish and Fishing", "Howard County", "Natural Resources", "Oysters", "Piers and Docks", "St. Mary's County", "Talbot County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fisher"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a82237a-3d4f-4853-8080-0d37d617eae7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1485&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "e43ce23aa26a9dedfdfbe9780ad6355efcc9a5959e8ae70f89237570583feec6"
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 HB 1485 (2018) — Natural Resources - Shellfish - Harvesting by Wharf Owners

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1485f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fisher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-1) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {314236/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a82237a-3d4f-4853-8080-0d37d617eae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).