---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Historical Trust - Property Subject to Historic Preservation Easement - Application for Change or Alteration"
description: "Maryland Historical Trust - Property Subject to Historic Preservation Easement - Application for Change or Alteration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 960"
citation: "Maryland SB 960 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Easements", "Historical Matters", "Notices", "Real Property", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eb8690a-dd75-471a-800b-070a80c64fd0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB960&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "79b61092e80b5d67425e08ed4e836ddcc475f53a491b91d1f7b58ef4c12b120c"
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 960 (2018) — Maryland Historical Trust - Property Subject to Historic Preservation Easement - Application for Change or Alteration

## 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/sb0960f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — 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 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-09** Hearing 3/06 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 {724131/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Hearing 4/03 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 {450216/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eb8690a-dd75-471a-800b-070a80c64fd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).