---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers"
description: "Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "Maryland SB 23 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-10-09"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/764bc125-0ca7-4b7d-bb1d-e93688a5a767"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0023?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "73281b90d382308321909da5aa04b78167e2ad70b329bbb9b377aecee7f30fdd"
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 23 (2025) — Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_555_sb0023t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0023f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0023t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-19** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/764bc125-0ca7-4b7d-bb1d-e93688a5a767`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).