---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours"
description: "Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 879"
citation: "Maryland SB 879 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Elfreth", "Gile", "Klausmeier", "Rosapepe", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e07bfe07-5935-4497-ad6c-48216810aea4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0879?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "153e75e372c639ea18804b2e7f6d19d2096157363e94ec229b0cd0a1f05af224"
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 879 (2024) — Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_551_sb0879t.pdf)
2. **First - Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0879f.pdf)
3. **Third - Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0879t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 551 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e07bfe07-5935-4497-ad6c-48216810aea4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).