---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Natural Resources - Shrimp Fishery Regulations - Clarification"
description: "Department of Natural Resources - Shrimp Fishery Regulations - Clarification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1149"
citation: "Maryland HB 1149 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boteler", "Buckel", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Jacobs", "Mautz", "McComas", "McKay", "Otto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd227a53-b82c-4335-8137-4d6d245c2577"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1149?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4179ab3d53deb7fdcc0404239f31cd571904432efeb802105af72fec58b18250"
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 1149 (2022) — Department of Natural Resources - Shrimp Fishery Regulations - Clarification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Natural Resources - Shrimp Fishery Regulations - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_407_hb1149t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Natural Resources - Shrimp Fishery Regulations - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1149f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Natural Resources - Shrimp Fishery Regulations - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1149t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Boteler — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 407 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd227a53-b82c-4335-8137-4d6d245c2577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).