---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aquaculture - Definition of Shellfish - Alteration"
description: "Aquaculture - Definition of Shellfish - Alteration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 303"
citation: "Maryland SB 303 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-15"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6ef39f1-2084-4eaa-b046-ebc82553ce3d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0303?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f467e69a4319e6aebdfc93ef2f35a2d23d6ea061e35c7597de3fcbf3ae330ac8"
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 303 (2024) — Aquaculture - Definition of Shellfish - Alteration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Aquaculture - Definition of Shellfish - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_114_sb0303t.pdf)
2. **First - Aquaculture - Definition of Shellfish - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0303f.pdf)
3. **Third - Aquaculture - Definition of Shellfish - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0303t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Motion Laid Over (Senator Bailey) Adopted
- **2024-02-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6ef39f1-2084-4eaa-b046-ebc82553ce3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).