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IntroducedJan 28, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 12, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 08, 2026: Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 578
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 104
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Taylor
- Acevero
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Adams
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Toles
- Addison
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Turner
- Allen
- Embry
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Alston
- Fair
- Kipke
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Amprey
- Fennell
- Korman
- Ross
- Watson
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lehman
- Ruff
- Wells
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Beauchamp
- Guyton
- Lopez
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Behler
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Bhandari
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Simmons
- Wims
- Boyce
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Simpson
- Wivell
- Cardin
- Hill
- Moon
- Smith
- Wolek
- Chang
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Solomon
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Stein
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Young
- Coley
- Jacobs
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Taveras
NO: 28
NOT VOTING: 4
Actions
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 13, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (104-28)
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {453420/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- First Reading Environment and Transportation
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and TakingsPDF
- Amendments {453420/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and TakingsPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Schwarz, Kurt (Maryland Ornithological Society)
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Radov, Lisa (Maryland Votes for Animals, Inc.)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Boyer, Ronald
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Volodin, Stacey (Humane World for Animals)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Bassett, Elle (Arundel Rivers Federation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Todd, Robin (Maryland Ornithological Society)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- DeCheubel, Leeza (Rural Maryland Council)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Palakovich Carr, Julie
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ostdahl, Maggie (National Aquarium)
- ENT Testimony, INFO -- Snow, Ryan (R&R Solutions)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Swanson, Taylor (Assateague Coastal Trust)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Wilpers, Michael (Sierra Club MD Chapter)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Jim (Audubon Mid-Atlantic)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- McPherson, Lydia (Maryland Department of Natural Resources)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Fulton, Judy (Maryland Native Plant Society)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Ballentine, Tom (NAIOP Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Ziegler, Natalie (Legislative Rural Caucus)



