---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Hunting - Management"
description: "Natural Resources - Hunting - Management"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1063"
citation: "Maryland HB 1063 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bouchat", "Boyce", "Hornberger", "Korman", "Rose", "Ruth", "T. Morgan", "Tomlinson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8912add-46ad-48f1-89ec-201e2530f744"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1063?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1ea61992d86cb802c58fc8304cf9d8684d92206f10b63f289028f88c93feb156"
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 1063 (2026) — Natural Resources - Hunting - Management

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Hunting - Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_421_hb1063e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Natural Resources - Hunting - Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1063e.pdf)
3. **First - Natural Resources - Hunting - Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1063f.pdf)
4. **Third - Natural Resources - Hunting - Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1063t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **131–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **131–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Bouchat — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-26** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-26** Hearing 2/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Ghrist) Adopted
- **2026-03-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator M. Washington) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2026-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Boyce, Behler and Nawrocki)
- **2026-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2026-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Boyce, Behler and Nawrocki)
- **2026-04-10** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Hester and Gallion)
- **2026-04-11** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Hester and Gallion)
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 421 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8912add-46ad-48f1-89ec-201e2530f744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).