---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aquaculture - Leases - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation"
description: "Aquaculture - Leases - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1200"
citation: "Maryland HB 1200 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Aquaculture", "Emergency Bills", "Leases and Rent", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mautz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2795726b-4179-4a35-a70d-42a626e19373"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1200&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "6688fdcac3e078eaa0375adbf8a7147dec12dcae588349e6fc3bfbae416da12d"
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 1200 (2017) — Aquaculture - Leases - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1200f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mautz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading Passed (140-1) `passage`
- **2017-03-17** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {994739/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 381 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2795726b-4179-4a35-a70d-42a626e19373`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).