---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Wild Waterfowl Policy - Repeal"
description: "Natural Resources - Wild Waterfowl Policy - Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Maryland SB 242 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6915034-b7a0-4f4f-82b0-b51b4d12d0cd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0242?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5f42b99050ff211f670993dd50faf5b112e5de0651d669f5da2702ebb67a5ca1"
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 242 (2020) — Natural Resources - Wild Waterfowl Policy - Repeal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Wild Waterfowl Policy - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_542_sb0242t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Wild Waterfowl Policy - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0242f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Wild Waterfowl Policy - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0242t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-10** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 542 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6915034-b7a0-4f4f-82b0-b51b4d12d0cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).