---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources – Fisheries – Oyster Management"
description: "Natural Resources – Fisheries – Oyster Management"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 922"
citation: "Maryland SB 922 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Mautz"]
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/a3706c5a-b162-4a08-acd1-23706fa54e96"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0922?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3fa22b9fd49857a0c7d09e85fc63bd638bc9ec98cf7063d9017899d51869b3f2"
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 922 (2024) — Natural Resources – Fisheries – Oyster Management

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources – Fisheries – Oyster Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_544_sb0922t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources – Fisheries – Oyster Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0922f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources – Fisheries – Oyster Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0922t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Mautz — 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.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 544 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3706c5a-b162-4a08-acd1-23706fa54e96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).