---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Organized Killing Contests - Restriction"
description: "Natural Resources - Organized Killing Contests - Restriction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 293"
citation: "Maryland HB 293 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-08-01"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bbc77be-8e2d-4ce0-a529-8c1c73d4a629"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0293?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c2d6bd95b6da617d8e3907e996b227696795ff7511db3d34f19321e368cdc372"
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 293 (2021) — Natural Resources - Organized Killing Contests - Restriction

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Organized Killing Contests - Restriction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_684_hb0293e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Natural Resources - Organized Killing Contests - Restriction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0293e.pdf)
3. **First - Natural Resources - Organized Killing Contests - Restriction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0293f.pdf)
4. **Third - Natural Resources - Organized Killing Contests - Restriction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0293t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **105–24** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **112–25** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/15 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-01** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-01** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Gilchrist, Stein and Jacobs)
- **2021-04-02** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-02** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-02** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Gilchrist, Stein and Jacobs)
- **2021-04-02** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-02** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-02** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Gilchrist, Stein and Jacobs)
- **2021-04-02** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kagan, Simonaire and Lam)
- **2021-04-02** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kagan, Simonaire and Lam)
- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 684 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bbc77be-8e2d-4ce0-a529-8c1c73d4a629`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).