---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources – Regulation and Use of Commercial Finfish Gear"
description: "Natural Resources – Regulation and Use of Commercial Finfish Gear"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Maryland SB 7 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Chesapeake Bay", "Commerce and Business", "Equipment", "Fees", "Fish and Fishing", "Industry and Technology", "Licenses", "Natural Resources", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Rules and Regulations", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-10-22"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec23b52c-1e26-4ff0-a21e-d2aebe9c0864"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB7&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "bba0c3885c99d67734d733fb113103a539f722556b13b6e7689620c226ff634f"
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 7 (2019) — Natural Resources – Regulation and Use of Commercial Finfish Gear

## 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/sb0007f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Education — cosponsor (person)
- Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources) — cosponsor (person)
- Health — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Hearing 1/17 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Favorable with Amendments {294130/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-14** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable with Amendments {260010/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-01** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 80 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec23b52c-1e26-4ff0-a21e-d2aebe9c0864`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).