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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Department of Natural Resources - Solar Generation Facilities - Pollinator-Friendly Designation"
+description: "Department of Natural Resources - Solar Generation Facilities - Pollinator-Friendly Designation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 1158"
+citation: "Maryland SB 1158 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Natural Resources - Generally", "Utility Regulation", "Agriculture", "Alternative Energy Sources", "Animals", "Bees", "Birds", "Fees", "Industry and Technology", "Natural Resources", "Department of"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-28"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e50de17-8901-4db1-921c-604d842f598e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1158&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "5e4bf33cd3179c8170eb35d32eb03a8a2a1318d00621c07fa2cabe46ac64fc2a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 1158 (2017) — Department of Natural Resources - Solar Generation Facilities - Pollinator-Friendly Designation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb1158f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Astle — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson — cosponsor (person)
+- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
+- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
+- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
+- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
+- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-28** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-28** Rereferred to Finance
+- **2017-03-01** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-03-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-24** Favorable with Amendments {957570/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2017-03-27** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2017-03-27** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-04** Rereferred to Economic Matters
+- **2017-04-04** Hearing 4/06 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-04-10** Floor Committee Amendment {153696/1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Special Order until later today (Delegate Healey) Adopted
+- **2017-04-10** Floor Amendment {953626/1 (Delegate Healey)
+- **2017-04-10** Special Order until next session (Delegate Davis) Adopted
+- **2017-04-10** Floor Amendment {953626/1 (Delegate Healey) Withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (141-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
+- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (36-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
+- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 372 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e50de17-8901-4db1-921c-604d842f598e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+