---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate"
description: "Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 830"
citation: "Maryland SB 830 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Eckardt", "Elfreth", "Guzzone", "Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc9139dc-b2e5-496c-ab95-a5dc62e5db18"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0830?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "002c5d2b56d618affc38d4a38bf4723241e4ffd71a861439a5b075dae4eba8be"
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 830 (2022) — Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_574_sb0830t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0830f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0830t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Mautz /353522/1 — **46–85** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **99–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Mautz) Withdrawn
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 574 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc9139dc-b2e5-496c-ab95-a5dc62e5db18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).