---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - Separate Parcels"
description: "Real Property - Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - Separate Parcels"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 975"
citation: "Maryland SB 975 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Agriculture", "Agriculture", "Deeds", "Easements", "Land Preservation Trusts", "Notices", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ready"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae5c18c-2fec-4649-99c6-ba08a587f13c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB975&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "3b28b2a984ba63eba32d7c7de0cd830ed423f624268af0eed4c4fb34cf5f5a64"
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 975 (2017) — Real Property - Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - Separate Parcels

## 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/sb0975f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {708177/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments {540411/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 662 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ae5c18c-2fec-4649-99c6-ba08a587f13c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).