Maryland Senate Bill 492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-03-13 - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing the rotational harvest pilot program for oysters to be implemented by the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Department to open certain areas of the Chesapeake Bay to the rotational harvest of oysters in certain manners; requiring the Department, before opening an area to oyster harvesting under the pilot program, to survey and investigate the area to collect certain baseline data and, after closing the area, to continue to monitor the area to collect certain additional data; etc.

Oysters – Rotational Harvest – Pilot Program

Sen. Mary Carozza [R]

Sen. Stephen Hershey [R]

Sen. Johnny Mautz [R]

Sen. Jack Bailey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-13	Senate	Withdrawn by Sponsor
2023-02-28	Senate	Hearing canceled
2023-02-26	Senate	Hearing 3/02 at 1:30 p.m.
2023-02-26	Senate	Hearing canceled
2023-02-07	Senate	Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-02-03	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

HB932 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-06 - Withdrawn by Sponsor

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Natural Resources	4	1011	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0492?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0492f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0492_eee.pdf