---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cownose Ray Fishery Management Plan and Moratorium on Contests"
description: "Cownose Ray Fishery Management Plan and Moratorium on Contests"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 213"
citation: "Maryland HB 213 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Contests", "Fish and Fishing", "Natural Resources", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d0d2227-8155-4854-9d68-e8f3765701bd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB213&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "8771cd425daa8809773c57b7fc214d1f8af6c45c444c39122b354235c01ea744"
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 213 (2019) — Cownose Ray Fishery Management Plan and Moratorium on Contests

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0213f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Cardin — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
- Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- Guyton — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Shetty — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Favorable with Amendments {440018/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-28** Third Reading Passed (134-4) `passage`
- **2019-03-01** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d0d2227-8155-4854-9d68-e8f3765701bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).