Maryland Senate Bill 959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-26 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from hunting or participating in a hunt for black bears without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Natural Resources; and establishing an exception, applicable in Allegany County and Garrett County and if the Department uses a lottery process to issue a limited number of permits, that authorizes a person to hunt black bears on property the person owns during the open season without a permit if the property is at least 100 acres in size and the person complies with all other applicable laws.

Natural Resources - Hunting - Black Bears

Sen. George Edwards [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-26	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
2018-02-05	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0959?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0959f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/sb0959_ehe.pdf