---
type: "Bill"
title: "Somerset County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting"
description: "Somerset County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 143"
citation: "Maryland HB 143 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Otto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-14"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76fa522b-d242-4a89-87b0-6a4379c5da27"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0143?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "755aa368c536c71796a328feb1194aea963e752a3426c2ea6411f18484b181e0"
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 143 (2022) — Somerset County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Somerset County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_389_hb0143e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Somerset County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0143e.pdf)
3. **First - Somerset County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0143f.pdf)
4. **Third - Somerset County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0143t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **118–18** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **122–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 389 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76fa522b-d242-4a89-87b0-6a4379c5da27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).