---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dorchester County - Sunday Hunting - Deer Bow Hunting Season"
description: "Dorchester County - Sunday Hunting - Deer Bow Hunting Season"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 618"
citation: "Maryland HB 618 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Animals", "Blue Laws", "Boundaries", "Dorchester County", "Hunting", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Privacy", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/241b2306-fd82-4761-a698-2f3ab553fc3e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB618&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "1fc12dd09e830c1df22bb2936bc3e170d20219c67e44bb6a3c748c4fa8864d6d"
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 618 (2019) — Dorchester County - Sunday Hunting - Deer Bow Hunting Season

## 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/hb0618f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–5** (pass) · lower
- No motion given — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** 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 {490513/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (131-5) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (43-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/241b2306-fd82-4761-a698-2f3ab553fc3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).