---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Use of Haul Seines"
description: "Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Use of Haul Seines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1399"
citation: "Maryland HB 1399 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacobs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76c2026b-3c9a-4ef2-b9b5-24dcd6e107ec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1399?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7e7a3143c036ab290caf2b68014853d37979f5a281582683e22c273a68b50236"
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 1399 (2020) — Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Use of Haul Seines

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Use of Haul Seines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_464_hb1399t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Use of Haul Seines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1399f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Use of Haul Seines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1399t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-14** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 464 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76c2026b-3c9a-4ef2-b9b5-24dcd6e107ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).