---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allegany County and Garrett County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone"
description: "Allegany County and Garrett County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 637"
citation: "Maryland HB 637 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allegany County Delegation", "Garrett County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34ae677f-cc46-48a0-b0c4-f210f8f9e409"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0637?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b8a44399482fdfde58dd43ef641773ce497cecca3f7264e816aa9dd6bf72ba9e"
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 637 (2021) — Allegany County and Garrett County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Allegany County and Garrett County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_279_hb0637t.pdf)
2. **First - Allegany County and Garrett County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0637f.pdf)
3. **Third - Allegany County and Garrett County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0637t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allegany County Delegation — primary (person)
- Garrett County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Hearing 3/16 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 279 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34ae677f-cc46-48a0-b0c4-f210f8f9e409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).