---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate"
description: "Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1228"
citation: "Maryland HB 1228 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barve", "Boyce", "Clark", "Crosby", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e8d6b9a-30c1-4cc7-b34a-356756eab124"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1228?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9df2112d586aca7a29f530bc384d8fad826b64b8d7bf617a45d5a06cc6158873"
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 1228 (2022) — Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_30_hb1228t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1228f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources – Oysters – Spat, Shells, and Substrate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1228t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **90–41** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Long /313326/1 — **12–100** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barve — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Mautz) Adopted
- **2022-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 30 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e8d6b9a-30c1-4cc7-b34a-356756eab124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).