---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pedestrians - Kent Island Drawbridge - Fishing Prohibition"
description: "Pedestrians - Kent Island Drawbridge - Fishing Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 546"
citation: "Maryland HB 546 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37ae4f72-9ecf-45e3-9da0-250ec271b921"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0546?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6085c4bc46c14aa0153491f839d139bae50ef412ff90e3f3698045b8097f4585"
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 546 (2022) — Pedestrians - Kent Island Drawbridge - Fishing Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Pedestrians - Kent Island Drawbridge - Fishing Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_443_hb0546t.pdf)
2. **First - Pedestrians - Kent Island Drawbridge - Fishing Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0546f.pdf)
3. **Third - Pedestrians - Kent Island Drawbridge - Fishing Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0546t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 443 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37ae4f72-9ecf-45e3-9da0-250ec271b921`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).