# Maryland HB 0766: Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership - Alterations

Maryland HB 0766, Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership - Alterations, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Otto; status failed, last action 2025-01-29 (Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.) (as of 2026-10-17).

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- As of: 2026-10-17
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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 0766
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership - Alterations
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Last action: 2025-01-29, Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsor: Otto
- Cosponsors: 16
- Subjects: Natural Resources - Generally, Animals -see also- Birds; Dogs; Domestic An; Horses; Livestk, Committees and Commissions, Farmers and Farming -see also- Agriculture; Farmland, Governor, Natural Resources -see also- Coal; For&Pks; Rivers; etc.
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Otto
- Cosponsor: Steven J. Arentz (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lauren Arikan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Barry Beauchamp (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brian Chisholm (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark N. Fisher (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Wayne A. Hartman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas S. Hutchinson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jay A. Jacobs (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matthew Morgan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan Nawrocki (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jesse T. Pippy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: April Rose (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kathy Szeliga (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Todd B. Morgan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Valentine (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William J. Wivell (Republican), House

## Actions (2)

- 2025-01-29: Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-01-29: First Reading Environment and Transportation (House)

## Bill text

- First Reading, 2025-01-29: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0766f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0766f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0766-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).