MD HB393 | 2012 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-01 - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Environmental Matters Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Prohibiting a person from possessing, selling, offering for sale, trading, or distributing a fin or tail of a shark or other elasmobranch; establishing specified civil penalties for violations of the Act; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations to implement the Act; and defining "shark fin".

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Title

Natural Resources - Shark or Elasmobranch Fins - Prohibition on Possession or

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History

DateChamberAction
2012-02-01 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
2012-02-01 First Reading Environmental Matters

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