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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management"
+description: "State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 884"
+citation: "Maryland HB 884 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Barve", "Boyce", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Gilchrist", "Healey", "Holmes", "Jalisi", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Love", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Wells"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-02-07"
+last_action: "2022-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddadd303-c327-4dff-99b5-54073628cc90"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0884?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "77b907a9bf3cab3c85b49245a90de070a0fb277d20c46bc4b5b8dcbfc1f1f97c"
+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 884 (2022) — State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_339_hb0884e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0884e.pdf)
+3. **First - State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0884f.pdf)
+4. **Third - State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0884t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **32–11** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **123–9** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **123–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Barve — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
+- Gilchrist — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Jalisi — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Lierman — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Wells — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** Hearing 2/25 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2022-02-15** Hearing canceled
+- **2022-02-15** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
+- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 339 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddadd303-c327-4dff-99b5-54073628cc90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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