---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Revision of Boundaries and Boundary Maps"
description: "Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Revision of Boundaries and Boundary Maps"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Maryland SB 2 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Boundaries", "Clerks of Court", "Counties", "Electronic Government", "Maps and Charts", "Maryland Register"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-09-19"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b29e2ea-0d56-446c-a537-192a18900687"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB2&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "56fcdf67cafbd831f61788fed8046e10e230fd84f1315971c2815c761189926b"
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 2 (2017) — Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Revision of Boundaries and Boundary Maps

## 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/sb0002f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Planning) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-09** Hearing 1/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-01-16** Hearing canceled
- **2017-01-16** Hearing 1/17 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2017-01-19** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-20** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-01-24** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2017-01-25** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b29e2ea-0d56-446c-a537-192a18900687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).