---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Antlerless Deer Hunting Programs - Authorization"
description: "Natural Resources - Antlerless Deer Hunting Programs - Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 481"
citation: "Maryland HB 481 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Anderton", "Hartman", "Hutchinson", "Otto", "Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dcccbf1-64ae-44ec-94cc-1320f8b3bc21"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0481?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2d7b35651ccb6464b2db0b6d4133393c7daa9593936b03230e41cec8b530e6db"
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 481 (2024) — Natural Resources - Antlerless Deer Hunting Programs - Authorization

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Antlerless Deer Hunting Programs - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_541_hb0481t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Antlerless Deer Hunting Programs - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0481f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Antlerless Deer Hunting Programs - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0481t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-15** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-15** Hearing 2/16 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** 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 541 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dcccbf1-64ae-44ec-94cc-1320f8b3bc21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).