---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Fisheries - Commercial Oyster Divers"
description: "Natural Resources - Fisheries - Commercial Oyster Divers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "Maryland HB 1137 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Boats and Ships", "Commerce and Business", "Equipment", "Fish and Fishing", "Licenses", "Oysters", "Time", "Weights and Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacobs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c2ac06b-15f1-40b3-a6a0-93dc3431578b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1137&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "e258eb3b258f10a52631c0b08c941fd6b7ebe893bf9107aaa5f8e11e32fa0b94"
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 1137 (2018) — Natural Resources - Fisheries - Commercial Oyster Divers

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1137f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Ghrist — cosponsor (person)
- Grammer — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Otto — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {950310/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {864337/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-06** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2018-04-06** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-06** Delegates Stein, Jacobs, and Gilchrist
- **2018-04-09** Senate Refuses to Recede
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-09** Senators Kagan, Young, and Waugh
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c2ac06b-15f1-40b3-a6a0-93dc3431578b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).