---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Apprentice Hunting License - Establishment"
description: "Natural Resources - Apprentice Hunting License - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1427"
citation: "Maryland HB 1427 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Fees", "Hunting", "Licenses", "Residency", "Safety", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McMillan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a1db55-e1a0-4576-82ed-a8f2828d51d7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1427&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "198f49caa37ce7c1bae71c0c0c25ff0e30f6bbed189d5ca6989bfb79cf247157"
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 1427 (2017) — Natural Resources - Apprentice Hunting License - Establishment

## 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/hb1427f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **134–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McMillan — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {320814/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Special Order until 03/17 (Delegate B. Barnes) Adopted
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (134-2) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments {994035/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 403 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2a1db55-e1a0-4576-82ed-a8f2828d51d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).