---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Tidal Fish Licenses"
description: "Natural Resources - Tidal Fish Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 112"
citation: "Maryland SB 112 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Beneficiaries", "Crabs", "Death", "Fees", "Fish and Fishing", "Licenses", "Natural Resources", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-20"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5ab6b65-4a7a-4e54-8693-98e48d67ff2a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB112&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "b5a69afc4f1ea0f001acf72515f0217d08174598b72d9dc91c97e88a071cef58"
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 112 (2018) — Natural Resources - Tidal Fish Licenses

## 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/sb/sb0112f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Education — cosponsor (person)
- Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources) — cosponsor (person)
- Health — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing 1/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-01-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-19** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-01-23** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-24** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-21** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 61 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5ab6b65-4a7a-4e54-8693-98e48d67ff2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).