---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Oyster Inspection and Severance Taxes - Increase"
description: "Natural Resources - Oyster Inspection and Severance Taxes - Increase"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1084"
citation: "Maryland HB 1084 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Anderton", "Arentz", "Hutchinson", "Jacobs", "Otto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/635efcd4-ac59-45a3-98cd-e05976cd4325"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1084?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "01d1d5dd6f453d7a9632b98e86bc15b0bcdc88aaf0116c3b3b85a2aa29e10a96"
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 1084 (2023) — Natural Resources - Oyster Inspection and Severance Taxes - Increase

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Oyster Inspection and Severance Taxes - Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_781_hb1084t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources – Oyster Inspection and Severance Taxes – Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1084f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Oyster Inspection and Severance Taxes - Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1084t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reassigned to Environment and Transportation
- **2023-02-17** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 781 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/635efcd4-ac59-45a3-98cd-e05976cd4325`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).