---
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: "SB 450"
citation: "Maryland SB 450 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Calvert County", "Museums"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waugh and Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/792da523-e397-43f5-8313-fb9c8d41b038"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB450&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "5f739b30f1b2bfde3c51b847f9d0c1fee0dab8b7c955befee9a110b41fa8ee4a"
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 450 (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/sb/sb0450f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waugh and Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {504536/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 742 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/792da523-e397-43f5-8313-fb9c8d41b038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).