---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program - Alterations"
description: "Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 947"
citation: "Maryland HB 947 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Anderson", "Arentz", "Beauchamp", "Boyce", "Grammer", "Hartman", "Healey", "Holmes", "Hutchinson", "Jacobs", "Nawrocki", "Sample-Hughes", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68416ece-dbcc-416a-bd7f-a2b7645db23e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0947?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "a38ab119e04538597344a5b8e6a466a4a0cdebb78da5efdbb839149f26785c3b"
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 947 (2026) — Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_41_hb0947t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Natural Resources - Commercial Blue and Flathead Catfish Finfish Trotline License - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0947f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0947t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Beauchamp — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-26** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-26** Hearing 2/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 41 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68416ece-dbcc-416a-bd7f-a2b7645db23e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).