---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chesapeake Bay Bridge – Reconstruction Advisory Group and Transportation Facilities Projects"
description: "Chesapeake Bay Bridge – Reconstruction Advisory Group and Transportation Facilities Projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "Maryland HB 56 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Bagnall", "Carey", "Howard", "Jacobs", "Kipke", "Malone", "Saab"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-10-10"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/147d023f-48c4-4174-ba8c-8c075a834e84"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0056?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1f8d3f461b1006aec6eafd3dfb66394cb7f59112e5bb1ac683fe14e4ba0156cb"
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 56 (2020) — Chesapeake Bay Bridge – Reconstruction Advisory Group and Transportation Facilities Projects

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Chesapeake Bay Bridge – Reconstruction Advisory Group and Transportation Facilities Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_611_hb0056e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Chesapeake Bay Bridge – Reconstruction Advisory Group and Transportation Facilities Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0056e.pdf)
3. **First - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Reconstruction Advisory Group and Traffic Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0056f.pdf)
4. **Third - Chesapeake Bay Bridge – Reconstruction Advisory Group** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0056t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Carey — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Kelley) Adopted
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Senator Kelley) Adopted
- **2020-03-16** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-17** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 611 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/147d023f-48c4-4174-ba8c-8c075a834e84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).