---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Wildlife Trafficking Prevention"
description: "Natural Resources - Wildlife Trafficking Prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "Maryland SB 381 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Carozza", "Elfreth", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Kramer", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/120ef569-cb10-4e59-b604-5e1328cab6ff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0381?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b0ae0496308e425e3a0413c53b3d76a94dd6d0b43b4b80543f0321e1073e2e89"
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 381 (2022) — Natural Resources - Wildlife Trafficking Prevention

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Wildlife Trafficking Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_236_sb0381t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Wildlife Trafficking Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0381f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Wildlife Trafficking Prevention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0381t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **125–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Motion Special Order until 2/25 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2022-02-25** Motion Special Order until 3/1 (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2022-03-01** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2022-03-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-01** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2022-03-02** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-02** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 236 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/120ef569-cb10-4e59-b604-5e1328cab6ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).