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Panel approves amendment narrowing archery hunting safety zone in Baltimore City
Summary
The committee approved a subcommittee amendment to Senate Bill 879 that reduces the archery hunting safety zone in Baltimore City from 150 yards to 50 yards from occupied dwellings and strikes exemptions for legislative district 43A; the amendment and the bill as amended were passed.
Chair Boyce presented Senate Bill 879 and described a subcommittee amendment that changes the archery hunting safety zone in Baltimore City. As Chair Boyce stated, the amendment "decreases the archery hunting safety zone in Baltimore City from 150 yd to 50 yd from a dwelling house, residence, church, or any other building or camp occupied by human beings."
The subcommittee amendment also strikes exemptions for legislative district 43A. The committee moved the amendment, the amendment passed on voice vote, then moved the bill as amended; the committee approved Senate Bill 879 as amended with no recorded opposition on the transcript.
The action narrows the specified distance for archery hunting safety zones in Baltimore City and removes a district-specific exemption; additional implementation details (for example, enforcement mechanisms or effective date) were not specified in the committee transcript.
