---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Valuation of Easement"
description: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Valuation of Easement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Maryland HB 17 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-08-28"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6e979cb-2b92-40f4-89b8-16d8fa1ab2a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0017?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0f09b738a8b8a61476b34751548c28bc73ac8c8299c3b2194ff2c7c050ecb227"
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 HB 17 (2020) — Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Valuation of Easement

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Valuation of Easement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_26_hb0017t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Valuation of Easement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0017f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Valuation of Easement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0017t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 17 HB 560 HB 897 HB 939 HB 1131 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6e979cb-2b92-40f4-89b8-16d8fa1ab2a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).