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Wicomico County - Sunday Hunting and Archery Hunting Safety Zones

Sponsor: Mary Beth Carozza (District 38)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Hunting and FishingStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person to hunt game birds and mammals on each Sunday of the game bird and game mammal seasons in Wicomico County from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m.; authorizing the Department to allow Sunday hunting on public land in Wicomico County from 30 minutes before sunrise until 10:30 a.m.; and adding Wicomico County to the list of counties in which the safety zone for archery hunters extends 50 yards from certain structures occupied by human beings.

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Testimony (15)

MGA witness list
FAV 11FavorableUNF 4Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVKulynycz, MaribethMaryland Bowhunters SocietyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFerguson, ColbyMaryland Farm BureauWritten (PDF)
FAVPica, JohnlobbyistPica & Associates, LLCWritten (PDF)
FAVGoldstein, MathewSecular MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVCarozza, Senator Mary BethIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHurley, LauraIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMislinski, JessicaIndividualOral
FAVSenator Carozza, Senator CarozzalegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSheats, BrianIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVThompson, LindsaylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWinn, JamesIndividualOral
UNFcowan, JacquieChesapeake Plantation Walking Horse ClubOral + Written (PDF)
UNFClagett, ChristyMaryland Horse CouncilOral
UNFPouliquen, Corinne MarieMaryland Horse CouncilOral
UNFSeigler, JaneMaryland Horse CouncilWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVPica, JohnPica & Associates, LLCRegistered for: Allied Universal; Automated Health Systems; Benelli USA c/o Pica & Associates, LLC; Beretta USA; Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Inc.; Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
FAVThompson, LindsayRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Farmland Trust; CropLife America; Delaware-Maryland Agribusiness Association; Denali Water Solutions; Horizon Farm Credit