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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Use of Land – Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays"
+description: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Use of Land – Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1229"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1229 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Advertising", "Agriculture", "Boundaries", "Committees and Commissions", "Conservation", "Easements", "Signs and Billboards"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jacobs"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-08"
+last_action: "2018-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/876a7924-bf26-4450-afcf-30f8ff114a6d"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1229&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "a56f2ccba78eda6bbf2a071dbd9363943818ba49f5f44aa6b19c4c5eddbb46f4"
+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 HB 1229 (2018) — Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Use of Land – Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays
+
+## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1229f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jacobs — primary (person)
+- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderton — cosponsor (person)
+- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
+- Carozza — cosponsor (person)
+- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Ciliberti — cosponsor (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Ghrist — cosponsor (person)
+- Grammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Long — cosponsor (person)
+- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
+- McKay — cosponsor (person)
+- Otto — cosponsor (person)
+- Vogt — cosponsor (person)
+- Wivell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-08** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {450413/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (136-1) `passage`
+- **2018-03-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
+- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 66 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/876a7924-bf26-4450-afcf-30f8ff114a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+