Bill Commons

MD HB 947

enacted

Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program - Alterations

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did MD HB 947 pass?

Yes. MD HB 947 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-14): Approved by the Governor - Chapter 41

What is MD HB 947 about?

MD HB 947 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program - Alterations”.

Who sponsors MD HB 947?

Holmes, Healey, Grammer and 11 others are the primary sponsors of MD HB 947.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-04-14 — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 41
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Holmesprimary
  • Healeyprimary
  • Grammerprimary
  • Boyceprimary
  • Szeligaprimary
  • Nawrockiprimary
  • Jacobsprimary
  • Hutchinsonprimary
  • Hartmanprimary
  • Beauchampprimary
  • Arentzprimary
  • Andersonprimary
  • Adamsprimary
  • Sample-Hughesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-14

    Approved by the Governor - Chapter 41

    executive-signature

  2. 2026-04-08

    Returned Passed

  3. 2026-04-08

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  4. 2026-04-03

    Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-04-02

    Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-03-19

    Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-03-18

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  8. 2026-03-17

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  9. 2026-03-17

    Favorable with Amendments {

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-03-16

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-02-26

    Hearing 2/27 at 1:30 p.m.

  12. 2026-02-26

    Hearing canceled

  13. 2026-02-10

    Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.

  14. 2026-02-05

    First Reading Environment and Transportation

    referral-committee

Versions

  • Chapter - Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program - AlterationsCompare
  • Third - Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program - AlterationsCompare
  • First - Department of Natural Resources - Commercial Blue and Flathead Catfish Finfish Trotline License - AlterationsCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading (Emerg)

    2026-03-05 · pass · 129-0

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Stonko: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Pasteur: yes
    • Szeliga: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Johnson, S.: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Alston: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Pippy: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Kipke: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Tomlinson: yes
    • Arentz: yes
    • Feldmark: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Arikan: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Valentine: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Long, J.: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Long, R.: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Beauchamp: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Grammer: yes
    • Mangione: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Griffith: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Sample-Hughes: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Boafo: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • McComas: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Buckel: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Metzgar: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Wivell: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Hartman: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Wolek: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Hinebaugh: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Chisholm: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Ciliberti: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • Morgan, M.: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Morgan, T.: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Hutchinson: yes
    • Nkongolo: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Barnes: not voting
    • Crosby: not voting
    • Rose: not voting
    • Ross: not voting
    • Ruth: not voting
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Ghrist: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Kaiser: absent
    • Nawrocki: absent
    • Wilson: absent
    • Healey: absent

Related bills

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:23:32.621655Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=MD&identifier=HB 947. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.