---
type: "Bill"
title: "Program Open Space - Attainment of Acquisition Goals - Local Government Apportionment and Use of Funds"
description: "Program Open Space - Attainment of Acquisition Goals - Local Government Apportionment and Use of Funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Maryland SB 116 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources - Generally", "Construction", "Forests and Parks", "Planning", "Department of", "Program Open Space", "Real Property", "Reports", "Sports and Recreation", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards and Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6f0ba85-7297-4ccc-b0e9-d7a8bc1cb596"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB116&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "4adeb75334f4805318342ad066561e7130892767676f8468c31c28000cf2e9f7"
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 116 (2017) — Program Open Space - Attainment of Acquisition Goals - Local Government Apportionment and Use of Funds

## 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/sb/sb0116f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Edwards and Middleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** Favorable with Amendments {234132/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-10** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 406 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6f0ba85-7297-4ccc-b0e9-d7a8bc1cb596`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).