---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card"
description: "Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 166"
citation: "Maryland SB 166 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-01"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02eeea4a-44be-4160-a62b-0064355c0b55"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0166?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "133fe2d035ddf0d3b87632f862bcaa56477ca42f66e52d8db872fefc6b52e06f"
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 166 (2026) — Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_305_sb0166t.pdf)
2. **First - Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0166f.pdf)
3. **Third - Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0166t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `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
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 305 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02eeea4a-44be-4160-a62b-0064355c0b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).