---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Recreational Crabbing Gear - Individuals Under the Age of 16 Years"
description: "Natural Resources - Recreational Crabbing Gear - Individuals Under the Age of 16 Years"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 465"
citation: "Maryland HB 465 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacobs", "Otto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd69fab4-2d02-4352-866a-d3f367f1aae8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0465?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "13376fc9511f14fb313f59f9f9349e4060957c1c24ba00d0624d4ba8bbf27932"
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 465 (2023) — Natural Resources - Recreational Crabbing Gear - Individuals Under the Age of 16 Years

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Recreational Crabbing Gear - Individuals Under the Age of 16 Years** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_537_hb0465t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources – Recreational Crabbing License – Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0465f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources – Recreational Crabbing License – Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0465t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 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`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd69fab4-2d02-4352-866a-d3f367f1aae8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).