---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to be Unemployable"
description: "Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to be Unemployable"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 715"
citation: "Maryland HB 715 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Allen", "Anderton", "Arikan", "Baker", "Bouchat", "Buckel", "Chisholm", "Ciliberti", "D. Jones", "Fair", "Ghrist", "Grammer", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Hartman", "Hinebaugh", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Hutchinson", "Jacobs", "Kipke", "Mangione", "McComas", "Miller", "Munoz", "Nawrocki", "Pippy", "R. Long", "Reilly", "Rogers", "Rose", "Schmidt", "Stonko", "T. Morgan", "Tomlinson", "Valentine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf149b55-cfcd-4393-9b11-dc93f2b53411"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0715?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "79d1323c22f87685fe7b0c0341ff660ceae95daa7957e8fd3af88426dd177271"
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 715 (2024) — Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to be Unemployable

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to Be Unemployable** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_490_hb0715e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to Be Unemployable** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0715e.pdf)
3. **First - Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to Be Unemployable** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0715f.pdf)
4. **Third - Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to Be Unemployable** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0715t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Baker — primary (person)
- Bouchat — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Mangione — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Munoz — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- R. Long — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Stonko — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Valentine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf149b55-cfcd-4393-9b11-dc93f2b53411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).