---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Restrictions on Use - Low-Impact Landscaping"
description: "Real Property - Restrictions on Use - Low-Impact Landscaping"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 322"
citation: "Maryland HB 322 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldmark", "Hill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-23"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e002f9f-9cb0-4400-a666-2de256c314cf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0322?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ce2b4afdcdcf1b369ea08f59700e887ec8dae4b402496b0a8b11ff0788c7d55d"
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 322 (2021) — Real Property - Restrictions on Use - Low-Impact Landscaping

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Restrictions on Use - Low-Impact Landscaping** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_368_hb0322t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Restrictions on Use - Low-Impact Landscaping** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0322f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Restrictions on Use - Low-Impact Landscaping** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0322t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **126–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Hearing 3/17 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 368 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e002f9f-9cb0-4400-a666-2de256c314cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).