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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria"
+description: "Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1311"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1311 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beitzel", "Buckel", "McKay"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-07"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edbc94e0-2847-4703-913f-153b8a0f7410"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1311?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "f9b2f28c77e05af30d2e7a2f13dd6fb5acd8299292ad38310ff54f75d885ceaa"
+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 1311 (2020) — Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_456_hb1311t.pdf)
+2. **First - Allegany County and Garrett County - Definition of "Tree Expert" - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1311f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1311t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beitzel — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- McKay — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-17** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 456 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edbc94e0-2847-4703-913f-153b8a0f7410`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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