---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cecil County - Fishing - Restrictions"
description: "Cecil County - Fishing - Restrictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 644"
citation: "Maryland HB 644 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecil County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a3f803-345e-4902-a2de-029687f145d5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0644?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "84c313bf7a984b69a55c145111f3994a0435dba5dac5d14ae9713c5664dc3d3a"
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 644 (2022) — Cecil County - Fishing - Restrictions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cecil County - Fishing - Restrictions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_413_hb0644t.pdf)
2. **First - Cecil County - Fishing - Restrictions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0644f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cecil County - Fishing - Restrictions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0644t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cecil County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-09** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-09** Hearing 3/09 at 1:25 p.m.
- **2022-03-09** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-09** Hearing 3/09 at 2:15 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** 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 413 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2a3f803-345e-4902-a2de-029687f145d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).