---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership"
description: "Natural Resources - Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 188"
citation: "Maryland HB 188 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Cardin", "Charkoudian", "D. Jones", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Lehman", "Love", "McCaskill", "Moon", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Ruth", "Stewart", "Taylor", "Terrasa", "Valderrama", "Vogel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/798e1578-c79f-4620-b138-08feeafb0fb2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0188?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cc231fdbc3441714328e04e6768c97df73c07ef95a5723b28ed2f866a8602977"
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 188 (2023) — Natural Resources - Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_491_hb0188t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0188f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0188t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** 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 Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 491 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/798e1578-c79f-4620-b138-08feeafb0fb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).