---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations"
description: "Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 916"
citation: "Maryland SB 916 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b372eb8-f54b-4475-83bd-d63806311cf5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0916?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f2fb14ff606b92cc6e3b1fc48fa435ba6c6d7e486eb23c070b4671eb46f5c8ba"
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 SB 916 (2024) — Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_621_sb0916t.pdf)
2. **First - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0916f.pdf)
3. **Third - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0916t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **39–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/16 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2024-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b372eb8-f54b-4475-83bd-d63806311cf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).