---
type: "Bill"
title: "Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact - Amendment I - Adoption"
description: "Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact - Amendment I - Adoption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 393"
citation: "Maryland SB 393 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Fish and Fishing", "Interstate Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d48e8748-f644-4f10-8401-d68b855c490b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB393&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "b04696cea3c01244bdcbc6024dd391c2458203f100b989b64da253eeeabf81a3"
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 393 (2019) — Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact - Amendment I - Adoption

## 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/sb0393f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Joint Committee on Federal Relations — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-25** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-02-28** Special Order until 3/1 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2019-03-01** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-04** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-29** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 264 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d48e8748-f644-4f10-8401-d68b855c490b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).