---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation - Oyster Shucking House Loan Program"
description: "Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation - Oyster Shucking House Loan Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "Maryland HB 397 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones", "Jacobs", "Stewart", "T. Morgan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/925a512d-de62-4305-bc3c-f736a8f80308"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0397?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ec2c61dae1b67def694c3e95fbc409addf16ecfac878cf297efebc66805826f9"
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 397 (2025) — Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation - Oyster Shucking House Loan Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation - Oyster Shucking House Loan Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_173_hb0397t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation - Oyster Shucking House Loan Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0397f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation - Oyster Shucking House Loan Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0397t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/925a512d-de62-4305-bc3c-f736a8f80308`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).