---
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: "SB 455"
citation: "Maryland SB 455 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a940994f-2f53-4094-876a-ed887bb9a823"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0455?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9f5dba7973efeb5e1a1d9ebc2c1418b87e6be9afa91cf20f0fd05f0d8ee36622"
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 455 (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_409_sb0455t.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/sb/sb0455f.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/sb/sb0455t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** 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
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 409 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a940994f-2f53-4094-876a-ed887bb9a823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).