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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act)"
+description: "Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1267"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1267 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barnes", "Bartlett", "Boafo", "Chang", "Holmes", "Lehman", "Pena-Melnyk", "Rogers", "Taylor"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-12"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abae0ae1-1336-47d5-9e7c-0609d39f6571"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1267?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "1bab290cbb12d27f6e55dd2261c15a67460486707d4ad1781c62b21ba5bb9ac0"
+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 1267 (2026) — Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_541_hb1267t.pdf)
+2. **First - Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1267f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1267t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **123–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barnes — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Chang — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-12** First Reading Economic Matters and Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** 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/abae0ae1-1336-47d5-9e7c-0609d39f6571`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+