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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Weed Control - Noxious Weeds - Regulations and Penalties"
+description: "Weed Control - Noxious Weeds - Regulations and Penalties"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 808"
+citation: "Maryland HB 808 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Agriculture", "Communications", "Counties", "Crimes and Punishments", "Data", "Environmental Matters", "Examinations", "Federal Government", "Fines", "Hazardous and Toxic Substances", "Interstate Affairs", "Investigations and Inquiries", "Jurisdiction", "Penalties and Sentences", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rules and Regulations", "Threats", "Weeds"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ghrist"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78cb4078-545a-44e7-8ed0-94418b340ceb"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB808&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "de9c6e94f16d822b58414efe36d63e35757d151d1dbb477bc48b0c143999c1a8"
+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 808 (2019) — Weed Control - Noxious Weeds - Regulations and Penalties
+
+## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0808f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **136–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ghrist — primary (person)
+- Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderton — cosponsor (person)
+- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
+- Beitzel — cosponsor (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
+- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
+- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
+- McKay — cosponsor (person)
+- Otto — cosponsor (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Stein — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-03-04** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (136-3) `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78cb4078-545a-44e7-8ed0-94418b340ceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+