Maryland Senate Bill 991 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-14 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
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

Sen. Ronald Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-14	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
2016-03-10	Senate	Hearing cancelled
2016-03-15	Senate	Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-18	Senate	Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2016-02-12	Senate	First Reading Senate Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0991?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0991f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0991.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0991_ehe.pdf