---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Sale, Barter, or Exchange of Mounted Specimens From Decedent's Estate"
description: "Natural Resources - Sale, Barter, or Exchange of Mounted Specimens From Decedent's Estate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Maryland HB 45 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-15"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/419f4ef9-6595-4a16-a7cb-0aba38bfd748"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0045?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "289a965b079bea7b875ad350ed0f0ad031ec9fc1d61a4c5e8e20f954ebe00239"
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 45 (2024) — Natural Resources - Sale, Barter, or Exchange of Mounted Specimens From Decedent's Estate

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Sale, Barter, or Exchange of Mounted Specimens From Decedent's Estate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_81_hb0045t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Sale, Barter, or Exchange of Mounted Specimens From Decedent's Estate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0045f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Sale, Barter, or Exchange of Mounted Specimens From Decedent's Estate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0045t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 45 HB 109 HB 117 HB 237 HB 323 HB 857 HB 926 HB 929 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 1/31 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-18** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 1/31 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 81 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/419f4ef9-6595-4a16-a7cb-0aba38bfd748`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).