---
type: "Bill"
title: "Endangered and Threatened Species - Incidental Taking - Bats"
description: "Endangered and Threatened Species - Incidental Taking - Bats"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 946"
citation: "Maryland SB 946 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Hester", "McKay"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54680fc8-b4e8-4993-9b9c-2fe6cc3e2807"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0946?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "29a744173a9e0af83a4af85db8cd939e64cef819faea4ad4daa64ade4631340b"
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 946 (2025) — Endangered and Threatened Species - Incidental Taking - Bats

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Endangered and Threatened Species - Incidental Taking - Bats** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_550_sb0946t.pdf)
2. **First - Endangered and Threatened Species - Incidental Taking - Bats** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0946f.pdf)
3. **Third - Endangered and Threatened Species - Incidental Taking - Bats** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0946t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-15** 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 550 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54680fc8-b4e8-4993-9b9c-2fe6cc3e2807`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).