---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License and Recreational Fishing - Pilot Program and Task Force"
description: "Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License and Recreational Fishing - Pilot Program and Task Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 601"
citation: "Maryland HB 601 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Arentz", "Boteler", "Buckel", "Cox", "Ghrist", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Jacobs", "McComas", "McKay", "Novotny", "Reilly", "Rose", "Shoemaker", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1e2f68f-38be-4e1d-8353-cb113b35d185"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0601?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c9a5b2bb22b11996491dbbc3649546f5cf442427bc01bd2617b109cbc7b17b07"
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 601 (2022) — Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License and Recreational Fishing - Pilot Program and Task Force

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License and Recreational Fishing - Pilot Program and Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_410_hb0601t.pdf)
2. **First - Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License and Recreational Fishing - Pilot Program and Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0601f.pdf)
3. **Third - Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License and Recreational Fishing - Pilot Program and Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0601t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Boteler — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Novotny — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Shoemaker — primary (person)
- Szeliga — 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 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 410 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1e2f68f-38be-4e1d-8353-cb113b35d185`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).