---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deer Management Permit - Hunting on State Land Leased by Permit Holder - Authorization"
description: "Deer Management Permit - Hunting on State Land Leased by Permit Holder - Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 592"
citation: "Maryland HB 592 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Arentz", "Arikan", "Boteler", "Buckel", "Cox", "Ghrist", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Jacobs", "Krebs", "Mangione", "Mautz", "McComas", "McKay", "Novotny", "Otto", "Reilly", "Rose", "Shoemaker", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3c44214-5e33-4f26-9293-fd50abca7e7d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0592?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ad14f94147e27a9d7694b1b670c7f696191bc619a419acafaf354f5e2270f2ae"
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 592 (2022) — Deer Management Permit - Hunting on State Land Leased by Permit Holder - Authorization

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Deer Management Permit - Hunting on State Land Leased by Permit Holder - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_408_hb0592t.pdf)
2. **First - Deer Management Permit - Hunting on State Land Leased by Permit Holder - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0592f.pdf)
3. **Third - Deer Management Permit - Hunting on State Land Leased by Permit Holder - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0592t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **121–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Boteler — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Mangione — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Novotny — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Shoemaker — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-04** Hearing canceled
- **2022-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-31** Motion Special Order until 4/6 (Senator Griffith) Adopted
- **2022-03-31** Motion Reconsider the Vote by which the Bill was made a Special Order (Senator King) Adopted
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 408 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3c44214-5e33-4f26-9293-fd50abca7e7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).