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IntroducedJan 30, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 09, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Natural Resources - Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Funding and Grants
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 13, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 654
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 125
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Qi
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Korman
- Queen
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Foley
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Turner
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rose
- Vogel
- Behler
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Mangione
- Ross
- Wells
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Buckel
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Hartman
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Chang
- Healey
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Ciliberti
- Hinebaugh
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Moon
- Simmons
- Woods
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Conaway
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Wu
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Stein
- Ziegler
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Returned Passed
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Rules
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {323029/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (125-9)
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 30, 2026 | House
- First Reading Environment and Transportation
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Budget and TaxationPDF
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Ziedelis, Dave (Visit Frederick)
- ENT Testimony, INFO -- Baucum Colbert, Jordan (M-NCPPC - Senior Government Analyst)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Frey, Paul (Washington County Chamber of Commerce)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Libber, Matt
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Peterson, Olivia (Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Shatto, Elizabeth (Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Kercheval, Jim (GHC)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Comer, Elizabeth (Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Challenger, Lisa (Beach to Bay Heritage Area, Inc)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Pironis, Kristen (Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Baco, Meagan (Anacostia Trails Heritage Area)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Walker, Lucille (Southern Maryland Heritage Area)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Shapiro, Aaron (Patapsco Heritage Greenway)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Boettcher, Diane
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Grinder, Vickie (Town of Thurmont Office of Economic Development)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Behler, Dylan (Delegate District 30A)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- O'Halloran, Mike
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Huard, Mallory (Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Cox, Jane (Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Owings, Gail (Eastern Shore Heritage Inc)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Axilbund, Rebecca (Main Street Middletown, MD Inc)



