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IntroducedOct 27, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
General Provisions - Commemorative Month - Maryland Native Plant Month
Last Action See all actions
House • Feb 16, 2026: Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 217
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



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Votes
Actions
- Feb 16, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
- Oct 27, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Video: Government, Labor, and ElectionsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- GVC Testimony, FWA -- Brown, Miner
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Smith, Marlene
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Smith, Marlene (Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay Chapter)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Kinsey, Kathy (Mobilize Frederick)
- GVC Testimony, INFO -- Kuder, Lisa (University of Maryland Extension)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- LAPORTE, MARIE
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- McDonagh, Kevin
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- McDonagh, Meredith
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Wilson, Brenda (Maryland Native Plant Supporters)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Rogers, Jimmy (Vibrant Gardening LLC)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- johnson, barbara (Blue Water Baltimore)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Schlaggar, PhD, Hristina (Green Towson Alliance)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Kirsten (Maryland Native Plant Coalition)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Ruffin, Martha
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Vazquez, Claudio (Izel Native Plants)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Cheston, Susan
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Crump, Patrick (MEPPN)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Southerland, Mark (Safe Skies Maryland)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Murphy, Carey (Wild Ones Greater Frederick Maryland)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Jim (Audubon Mid-Atlantic)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Broadman, Dorie (Wild Ones Nation's Capital Region Chapter)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Escudero, Omar
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- McPherson, Lydia (Maryland Department of Natural Resources)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Palmer, Harrison (Maryland Department of Agriculture)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bonney, Esther (Nurture Natives)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Stein, Dana
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Pease-Scheeler, Mary Ellen
