---
type: "Bill"
title: "Caroline County, Dorchester County, and Queen Anne's County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting"
description: "Caroline County, Dorchester County, and Queen Anne's County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "Maryland HB 556 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f43e540c-c1ad-4a3b-9f16-92619074b573"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0556?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cb85aab55a7902d1d14db78a0515dc67d5b4bd67646b032da70b7297a04300d8"
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 556 (2022) — Caroline County, Dorchester County, and Queen Anne's County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Caroline County, Dorchester County, and Queen Anne's County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_444_hb0556e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Caroline County, Dorchester County, and Queen Anne's County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0556e.pdf)
3. **First - Queen Anne’s County – Natural Resources – Sunday Hunting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0556f.pdf)
4. **Third - Caroline County and Queen Anne's County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0556t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **123–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **123–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **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** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-08** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **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 444 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f43e540c-c1ad-4a3b-9f16-92619074b573`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).