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type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours and Using a Light - Authorization"
description: "Natural Resources - Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours and Using a Light - Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 857"
citation: "Maryland HB 857 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Arentz", "Arikan", "Beauchamp", "Behler", "Boyce", "Chisholm", "Grammer", "Griffith", "Hornberger", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Nawrocki", "Otto", "Pippy", "Schmidt", "Stewart", "Szeliga", "T. Morgan", "Valentine", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6bc9d4a-9b8e-4d25-85ce-3a1c5e648582"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0857?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cd861082e0abba5725a4be42bfd8ddc3ae0abe5081ed141ddc10a006698a60df"
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 857 (2025) — Natural Resources - Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours and Using a Light - Authorization
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours and Using a Light - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_553_hb0857t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0857f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours and Using a Light - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0857t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1313** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Allen — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Beauchamp — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Valentine — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-30** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 553 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6bc9d4a-9b8e-4d25-85ce-3a1c5e648582`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).