---
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: "SB 510"
citation: "Maryland SB 510 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Carozza", "Eckardt", "Elfreth", "Hershey", "Klausmeier", "Miller"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f90c5a-1804-4192-8b2c-7d852165c63e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0510?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "757658cdf77fe06b8c33e1319d3ce08daa6e8f1bb1c258ad79ff3eb905868625"
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 510 (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_465_sb0510t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Use of Haul Seines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0510f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Use of Haul Seines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0510t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** 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 465 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94f90c5a-1804-4192-8b2c-7d852165c63e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).