---
type: "Bill"
title: "State House Trust – Duties – Landscaping and Construction of Lawyer’s Mall"
description: "State House Trust – Duties – Landscaping and Construction of Lawyer’s Mall"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 608"
citation: "Maryland SB 608 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Construction", "Estates and Trusts", "Landscape Architects", "Safety", "State House"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["The President"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bb82b81-a388-4cbe-bf22-e0930d041603"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB608&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "d41ed5d480665001aa1b2b6a0b8273aaa16bffbd8b4b97706fbde06023a00064"
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 608 (2018) — State House Trust – Duties – Landscaping and Construction of Lawyer’s Mall

## 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/sb0608f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- The President — 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 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-23** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-01** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable with Amendments {556687/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bb82b81-a388-4cbe-bf22-e0930d041603`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).