---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Northern Snakehead - Common Name"
description: "Natural Resources - Northern Snakehead - Common Name"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Maryland HB 19 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Boyce", "Ciliberti", "Foley", "Guyton", "Healey", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Korman", "Lehman", "Love", "Nawrocki", "Otto", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "T. Morgan", "Terrasa", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-03"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83f6e4f6-1f4d-49a4-91eb-b677c041bc6c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0019?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1ad9ff782b56f5faa0348db041edfcc6d53bce67f8d47519dd888d91357edd18"
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 19 (2024) — Natural Resources - Northern Snakehead - Common Name

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Northern Snakehead - Common Name** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_572_hb0019t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Northern Snakehead - Common Name** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0019f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Northern Snakehead - Common Name** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0019t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-03** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 1/31 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-18** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 1/31 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 572 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83f6e4f6-1f4d-49a4-91eb-b677c041bc6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).