Maryland House Bill 542 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-14 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from purchasing, selling, offering for sale, or possessing with the intent to sell specified parts or products of specified animal species under specified circumstances, subject to specified exceptions; establishing specified penalties for a violation of the Act; requiring that fines and restitution imposed under the Act be credited to the Department of Natural Resources for the benefit of the Birdwatcher's Fund to be used for the preservation of nongame wildlife species and threatened or endangered species; etc.

Natural Resources - Wildlife Trafficking Prevention

Del. Eric Luedtke [D]	Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]	Del. Charles Barkley [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]
Del. Barbara Frush [D]	Del. Anne Healey [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Marvin Holmes [D]
Del. Jay Jalisi [D]	Del. Tony Knotts [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Del. David Moon [D]
Del. Dan Morhaim [D]	Del. Andrew Platt [D]	Del. Shane Robinson [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]
Del. Dana Stein [D]	Del. Frank Turner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-14	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
2016-02-17	House	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-03	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0542?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0542f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0002/hb0542.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb0542_env.pdf