---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps"
description: "Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 983"
citation: "Maryland HB 983 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "D. Jones", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2cf2838-04e7-4a63-aa69-07cfe4a4f03f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0983?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "43819dd70ee4e208e3cd0e94fe3eb62cf0de5e9ac9161aac6f2a3fd3fcf8ccc5"
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 983 (2023) — Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_544_hb0983t.pdf)
2. **First - Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0983f.pdf)
3. **Third - Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0983t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 544 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2cf2838-04e7-4a63-aa69-07cfe4a4f03f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).