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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established"
+description: "Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1599"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1599 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Anderson", "Arentz", "Beauchamp", "Behler", "Boyce", "Ghrist", "Hartman", "Healey", "Holmes", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Lewis", "Odom", "Sample-Hughes", "Stein", "T. Morgan", "Ziegler"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-16"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fccb79e-8255-4320-9a09-cc5aa770eda5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1599?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "dbbcd58b83704719edb731c4aff0a7a65e58d38c068726ef44943928d0ac5a40"
+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 1599 (2026) — Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_553_hb1599t.pdf)
+2. **First - Chesapeake Bay Enhancement Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1599f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1599t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **126–6** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Beauchamp — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Ghrist — primary (person)
+- Hartman — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Hutchinson — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Jacobs — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Ziegler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-16** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
+- **2026-03-11** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-13** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-03-13** Hearing 3/13 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-13** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 553 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fccb79e-8255-4320-9a09-cc5aa770eda5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+