---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cecil County - Natural Resources - Hunting"
description: "Cecil County - Natural Resources - Hunting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "Maryland HB 242 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Counties - Local Laws", "Animals", "Birds", "Boundaries", "Cecil County", "Natural Resources", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Safety", "Time", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecil County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b77b60c5-77c5-4c75-8bab-33730c41a6b9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB242&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "2b5465b126e37d6ff57ac1b3cd981341eaf5ca0be6e97d2c3a389beb0e8fbbf4"
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 242 (2019) — Cecil County - Natural Resources - Hunting

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0242f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cecil County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {640510/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** Special Order until later this session (Delegate Stein) Adopted
- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {640510/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (135-4) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b77b60c5-77c5-4c75-8bab-33730c41a6b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).