---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County - Archery Hunting Safety Zone - Position of Archery Hunter MC 24-18"
description: "Montgomery County - Archery Hunting Safety Zone - Position of Archery Hunter MC 24-18"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 172"
citation: "Maryland HB 172 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Animals", "Birds", "Boundaries", "Housing", "Hunting", "Montgomery County", "Places of Worship", "Private Schools", "Public Buildings and Facilities", "Public Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d993890-f148-4092-83d4-c6657fa5a91b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB172&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "99b357f331a287323c8ce1946ad0d366d88e7dccce28ad59507128bf86be4342"
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 172 (2018) — Montgomery County - Archery Hunting Safety Zone - Position of Archery Hunter MC 24-18

## 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/hb0172f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (136-2) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 123 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d993890-f148-4092-83d4-c6657fa5a91b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).