---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aquaculture - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures"
description: "Aquaculture - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 841"
citation: "Maryland HB 841 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting and Fishing", "Aquaculture", "Boundaries", "Chesapeake Bay", "Equipment", "Fish and Fishing", "Leases and Rent", "Natural Resources", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Sunset", "Wetlands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clark and Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7821a571-44ef-404d-90c3-8ad43510fe2e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB841&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "1197f486d18ed190e397a8243d0bbdf7324946aab08d73759d6955f4d34b978b"
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 841 (2019) — Aquaculture - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures

## 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/hb0841f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clark and Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2019-02-14** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {730416/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 238 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7821a571-44ef-404d-90c3-8ad43510fe2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).