---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting - Snares, Traps, and Other Similar Devices - Identification Requirement"
description: "Hunting - Snares, Traps, and Other Similar Devices - Identification Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Maryland SB 275 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b8e655-46de-42e5-a637-dfd5cfa1eb5c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0275?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ee4190d2acbe9d031d220f8e7bc0b1290de891ac1ddb4867642ab215dbba042a"
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 SB 275 (2023) — Hunting - Snares, Traps, and Other Similar Devices - Identification Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hunting - Snares, Traps, and Other Similar Devices - Identification Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_539_sb0275t.pdf)
2. **First - Hunting - Snares, Traps, and Other Similar Devices - Identification Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0275f.pdf)
3. **Third - Hunting - Snares, Traps, and Other Similar Devices - Identification Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0275t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56b8e655-46de-42e5-a637-dfd5cfa1eb5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).