---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harford County - Hunting - Deer Management Permits"
description: "Harford County - Hunting - Deer Management Permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 401"
citation: "Maryland HB 401 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Animals", "Boundaries", "Guns", "Harford County", "Hunting", "Licenses", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harford County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/896c37c3-2ad4-49da-9546-b10f9e8d55f7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB401&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "4571c3501b64273e8f4c703cad1db49a488ca99fc235696a959205da2a5bf8b1"
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 401 (2019) — Harford County - Hunting - Deer Management Permits

## 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/hb0401f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harford County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** 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
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/896c37c3-2ad4-49da-9546-b10f9e8d55f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).