---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Condemnation of Land Under Easement"
description: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Condemnation of Land Under Easement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 885"
citation: "Maryland SB 885 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Administrative Agencies", "Agriculture", "Bridges and Tunnels", "Easements", "Land Preservation Trusts", "Public Works", "Board of", "Salaries and Compensation", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8896d5c-0fba-4737-8fd0-22e0f21cc6f9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB885&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "af8bbec0812af231f8deeae74cd2b2d0bb9321585f785374cc59da3681f42653"
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 885 (2018) — Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Condemnation of Land Under Easement

## 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/sb0885f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Middleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-14** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {600719/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 622 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8896d5c-0fba-4737-8fd0-22e0f21cc6f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).