---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force on the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority"
description: "Task Force on the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "Maryland HB 1245 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Operating Budget", "Administrative Agencies", "Appraisals", "Committees and Commissions", "Historical Matters", "Planning", "Department of", "Reports", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKay"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e880cbe-675d-49a3-bc1b-7695b8860598"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1245&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "635169341e49a93f35bc35440bd871ce438d854e28406770467a2ff5c845eeba"
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 1245 (2018) — Task Force on the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1245f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McKay — primary (person)
- Beitzel — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 789 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e880cbe-675d-49a3-bc1b-7695b8860598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).