---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations"
description: "Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 345"
citation: "Maryland HB 345 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Embry", "Foley", "Guyton", "Lehman", "Love", "Palakovich Carr", "Pena-Melnyk", "Ruth", "Taveras", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf464449-250c-4c4b-96f3-55f5f61a0694"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0345?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d4607f6dc1dd9d04f31a947909a10dbc37d50a270050b4d1b97a7d8ddf45ba32"
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 345 (2024) — Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_620_hb0345t.pdf)
2. **First - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0345f.pdf)
3. **Third - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0345t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 2/07 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-01-23** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-23** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-14** Hearing 2/14 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf464449-250c-4c4b-96f3-55f5f61a0694`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).