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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 09, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Department of Natural Resources - Water Resources - Identification of Vernal Pools (Jack Cover Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2026)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 701
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 95
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Toles
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Korman
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ross
- Watson
- Behler
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Wilson
- Chang
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Harrison
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Clippinger
- Healey
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woods
- Coley
- Hill
- Odom
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Conaway
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Ziegler
NO: 38
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Rules
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {693524/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (95-38)
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- First Reading Environment and Transportation
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Department of the Environment - Water Resources - Protection of Vernal Pools (Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2026)PDF
- Amendments {693524/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Department of Natural Resources - Water Resources - Identification of Vernal Pools (Jack Cover Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2026)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Schwarz, Kurt (Maryland Ornithological Society)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- McDowell, Liz
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hudson, Jennie (Anacostia Watershed Society)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Volpitta, Alice (Blue Water Baltimore)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Parsa, Carolyn
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Broadman, Dorie (Wild Ones Nation's Capital Region Chapter)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Devers, Diana (Patapsco Heritage Greenway)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Bassett, Elle (Arundel Rivers Federation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Southerland, Mark (Safe Skies Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- DeLeo, Amanda
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Alexander, Peter
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Sharif, Humna (The Nature Conservancy)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Vogel, Eli (Audubon Society of Central Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- iliff, jesse (Severn River Association)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ostdahl, Maggie (National Aquarium)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Swanson, Taylor (Assateague Coastal Trust)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Shingledecker, Susan (Chesapeake Conservancy)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Jim (Audubon Mid-Atlantic)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Parham, Martinna (Waterkeepers Chesapeake)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Smith, Marlene (Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay Chapter)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Fulton, Judith (Sierra Club)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Durholz, Marlene
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Kelleher, Zack (ShoreRivers)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Turner, Rebecca
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hill, Terri
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Ballentine, Tom (NAIOP Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, INFO -- McPherson, Lydia (Maryland Department of Natural Resources)
- ENT Testimony, INFO -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
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