---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension"
description: "Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 784"
citation: "Maryland HB 784 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c86535c-00bc-48c0-b863-088057fb1090"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0784?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "95d117bef1b5d7da35aad4d2ce2b327731d8653e64015c4fc2adcd54058dd0fa"
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 784 (2026) — Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_255_hb0784t.pdf)
2. **First - Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0784f.pdf)
3. **Third - Aquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0784t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 255 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c86535c-00bc-48c0-b863-088057fb1090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).