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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Natural Resources – Forest Preservation and Retention"
+description: "Natural Resources – Forest Preservation and Retention"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 723"
+citation: "Maryland HB 723 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Barve", "Boyce", "Bridges", "Ciliberti", "Foley", "Guyton", "Healey", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Kerr", "Love", "Stein", "Stewart", "T. Morgan"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2023-02-07"
+last_action: "2023-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f3aa62b-e5b6-4204-b821-ef7b6edcdc13"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0723?ys=2023RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "03caf485d13f91f611b192963bec24c367b9d26e4c902626d8b703632b51ac19"
+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 723 (2023) — Natural Resources – Forest Preservation and Retention
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Natural Resources – Forest Preservation and Retention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_541_hb0723t.pdf)
+2. **First - Natural Resources – Forest Preservation and Retention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0723f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Natural Resources – Forest Preservation and Retention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0723t.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Addison — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Barve — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Bridges — primary (person)
+- Ciliberti — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Kerr — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2023-02-15** Hearing canceled
+- **2023-02-15** Hearing 3/01 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2023-02-27** Hearing canceled
+- **2023-02-27** Hearing 3/01 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-31** Motion Special Order until 4/3 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
+- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-04** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-07** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
+- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-10** Second Reading Passed
+- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
+- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f3aa62b-e5b6-4204-b821-ef7b6edcdc13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+