---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Fisheries - Oyster Management"
description: "Natural Resources - Fisheries - Oyster Management"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1231"
citation: "Maryland HB 1231 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Ciliberti", "Jacobs", "Otto", "T. Morgan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17a8618a-76e4-477b-851f-69c46eb9564b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1231?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b738de7579d77f849294fbea6af9ea57458acb03b041b5d8ab498bbbdbc7168e"
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 1231 (2024) — Natural Resources - Fisheries - Oyster Management

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Fisheries - Oyster Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_543_hb1231t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Fisheries - Oyster Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1231f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Fisheries - Oyster Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1231t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17a8618a-76e4-477b-851f-69c46eb9564b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).