---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pollinator Habitat Plans - Plan Contents - Requirements and Prohibition"
description: "Pollinator Habitat Plans - Plan Contents - Requirements and Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 830"
citation: "Maryland HB 830 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Natural Resources - Generally", "Transportation - Highways", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Animals", "Bees", "Environmental Service", "Maryland", "Hazardous and Toxic Substances", "Health", "Health and Mental Hygiene", "Department of", "Highway Administration", "State", "Insects", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Pest Control"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Healey and Frush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3ada66-0c2d-448a-ba81-5d329985f20b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB830&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "c943ccbc8436979f2a37c7f193cdd86ec05a90b4baa2a919a6495ac0280a7d0f"
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 830 (2017) — Pollinator Habitat Plans - Plan Contents - Requirements and Prohibition

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0830f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–7** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **115–20** (pass) · legislature
- Floor Amendment {113721/1 (Senator Middleton) — **19–26** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Healey and Frush — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {530910/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {614138/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Special Order until 4/7 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments {614138/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Floor Amendment {233923/1 (Senator Jennings) Rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Floor Amendment {113721/1 (Senator Middleton) Rejected (19-26) `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (40-7) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (115-20) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 755 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b3ada66-0c2d-448a-ba81-5d329985f20b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).