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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees"
+description: "Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 35"
+citation: "Maryland HB 35 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behler", "Boyce", "Foley", "Guyton", "Healey", "J. Long", "Lewis", "Odom", "Stein", "Ziegler"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-08-14"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed335461-7997-49e3-a876-1641fdf8f7f6"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0035?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "57dd5c764faef2886c3f35750b9cb7cc0da868096e411133bc32ec98485f63fb"
+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 35 (2026) — Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_210_hb0035t.pdf)
+2. **First - Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Tree of Heaven** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0035f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0035t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **128–8** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Ziegler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-08-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed335461-7997-49e3-a876-1641fdf8f7f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+