---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Use of Land - Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays"
description: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Use of Land - Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 571"
citation: "Maryland SB 571 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Advertising", "Agriculture", "Boundaries", "Committees and Commissions", "Easements", "Equipment", "Farmland", "Forests and Parks", "Hunting", "Laws and Ordinances", "Notices", "Political Candidates", "Real Property", "Retail Sales", "Signs and Billboards", "Trespass"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/057de680-96da-473e-8da5-70d1d1ea0bb7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB571&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "7b3c760576d55eb21984340f40af4e9a843a03c06418556c5051186cccbdd15a"
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 571 (2018) — Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Use of Land - Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays

## 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/sb0571f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-1) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 644 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/057de680-96da-473e-8da5-70d1d1ea0bb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).