---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Electronic Licensing - Voluntary Donations"
description: "Natural Resources - Electronic Licensing - Voluntary Donations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 149"
citation: "Maryland SB 149 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources - Generally", "Hunting and Fishing", "Chesapeake Bay", "Coastal Bays", "Education", "Electronic Commerce", "Electronic Government", "Environmental Matters", "Gifts", "Job Training", "Licenses", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Publications", "Registration", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Astle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1757ce42-6a19-4847-93b8-e29ee423a4dc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB149&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "556f61cdd1cbac1068f78bee718e35c1548315b8d93e10f8c49441c601575684"
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 149 (2018) — Natural Resources - Electronic Licensing - Voluntary Donations

## 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/sb0149f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Astle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Favorable with Amendments {644635/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (128-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1757ce42-6a19-4847-93b8-e29ee423a4dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).