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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Designations and Commemorative Days - State Shark, State Natural Sciences Museum, and Purple Lights Night"
+description: "State Designations and Commemorative Days - State Shark, State Natural Sciences Museum, and Purple Lights Night"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 35"
+citation: "Maryland SB 35 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-09-15"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f9d0692-b48e-40c1-8d55-99efc2694223"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0035?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "3a1477823ce980eb6efa35309030efce2fcc37f07a72e24a36c8fe735d27c60d"
+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 SB 35 (2026) — State Designations and Commemorative Days - State Shark, State Natural Sciences Museum, and Purple Lights Night
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Designations and Commemorative Days - State Shark, State Natural Sciences Museum, and Purple Lights Night** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_505_sb0035e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - State Designations and Commemorative Days - State Shark, State Natural Sciences Museum, and Purple Lights Night** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0035e.pdf)
+3. **First - State Designations - State Natural Science Museum - Natural History Society of Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0035f.pdf)
+4. **Third - State Designations - State Natural Sciences Museum - The Natural History Society of Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0035t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-16** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-16** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-20** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 505 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f9d0692-b48e-40c1-8d55-99efc2694223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+