---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Designations - State Paleontology Collection and Research Center - Calvert Marine Museum"
description: "State Designations - State Paleontology Collection and Research Center - Calvert Marine Museum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 727"
citation: "Maryland HB 727 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Calvert County", "Conservation", "Historical Matters", "Museums", "Public Information"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d0c96e-8546-44c3-a44d-a9dc92925c5a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB727&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "55d7a984d1ca16fd057ea46137ced96a49f48075cbb7bbaa29ebff4413913a4a"
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 727 (2018) — State Designations - State Paleontology Collection and Research Center - Calvert Marine Museum

## 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/hb0727f.pdf)

## Votes

- Favorable with amendments adp - ON 2ND RDG — **35–94** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calvert County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-14** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-21** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-21** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {156886/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Floor Amendment {223826/1 (Delegate Lisanti) Rejected (35-94) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Waugh) Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 743 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0d0c96e-8546-44c3-a44d-a9dc92925c5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).