---
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: "SB 453"
citation: "Maryland SB 453 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa1d052a-8eed-4f98-8257-2c10ad9f30ab"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0453?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bdf5ccd64629e87cf2d419a5b12c7e7cedf37a64944af0207274878455190403"
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 453 (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_280_sb0453t.pdf)
2. **First - Allegany County and Garrett County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0453f.pdf)
3. **Third - Allegany County and Garrett County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0453t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa1d052a-8eed-4f98-8257-2c10ad9f30ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).