---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card"
description: "Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1400"
citation: "Maryland HB 1400 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Arentz", "Baker", "Beauchamp", "Boyce", "Buckel", "Ciliberti", "Ghrist", "Healey", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Hutchinson", "Jacobs", "McComas", "Reilly", "Schmidt", "T. Morgan", "Wivell", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d454c9b-5179-4648-b2c5-63305aa445f8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1400?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "743401bf4530e25541a029b00dab6b5a81713cf90a3b4c5991eef69caf2d1667"
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 1400 (2026) — Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_304_hb1400t.pdf)
2. **First - Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1400f.pdf)
3. **Third - Shellfish Aquaculture - Penalties - Suspension or Revocation of Permit or Registration Card** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1400t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Baker — primary (person)
- Beauchamp — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 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** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d454c9b-5179-4648-b2c5-63305aa445f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).