---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County - Hunting - Nongame Birds and Mammals"
description: "Baltimore County - Hunting - Nongame Birds and Mammals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 427"
citation: "Maryland SB 427 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2485e192-4355-42e9-83d1-8d5d7a69e2a6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0427?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0d173dac87420b7303760c8867505bac264c16c816b06b81fbfcdd70d2ac4767"
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 427 (2022) — Baltimore County - Hunting - Nongame Birds and Mammals

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore County - Hunting - Nongame Birds and Mammals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_572_sb0427t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore County - Hunting - Nongame Birds and Mammals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0427f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore County - Hunting - Nongame Birds and Mammals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0427t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–8** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** 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
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 572 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2485e192-4355-42e9-83d1-8d5d7a69e2a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).