---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours"
description: "Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 857"
citation: "Maryland HB 857 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5613d30c-cabe-4fec-9c68-76f55399093a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0857?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "88eee25a4afd7ec192833436c274f7b2cb0e472707602c83bd3acdf83405784a"
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 857 (2024) — Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_550_hb0857t.pdf)
2. **First - Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0857f.pdf)
3. **Third - Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0857t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** 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
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 550 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5613d30c-cabe-4fec-9c68-76f55399093a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).