---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone"
description: "Washington County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Maryland SB 140 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Animals", "Birds", "Boundaries", "Communications", "Guns", "Hunting", "Notices", "Private Schools", "Public Schools", "Safety", "Time", "Washington County", "Weapons", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ffc674b-53a8-4d3c-a40d-3af4f74033c6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB140&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "35448889e0b12dcf13e8527e850b23d638c5022f9cf62a7701e5668532c98bf2"
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 140 (2019) — Washington County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone

## 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/sb/sb0140f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-13** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-02-15** Third Reading Passed (43-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-18** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (135-3) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 265 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ffc674b-53a8-4d3c-a40d-3af4f74033c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).