---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Fishery Management Plans - Oysters"
description: "Natural Resources - Fishery Management Plans - Oysters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 911"
citation: "Maryland HB 911 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barve", "Boyce", "Gilchrist", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e99868ac-42a5-4c56-abe3-a027a7f571f4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0911?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fefa307ebb5bc483bac665e461e1bbb76f72ba35a130f020257a070bf663966e"
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 911 (2020) — Natural Resources - Fishery Management Plans - Oysters

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Fishery Management Plans - Oysters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_597_hb0911t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Fishery Management Plans - Oysters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0911f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Fishery Management Plans - Oysters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0911t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barve — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Gilchrist — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 597 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e99868ac-42a5-4c56-abe3-a027a7f571f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).