---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tree Solutions Now Act of 2021"
description: "Tree Solutions Now Act of 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 991"
citation: "Maryland HB 991 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilchrist"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51b260d2-a67c-4fb7-8f94-6b5e2c10410c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0991?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c521c4c560b1a9fef2673bea27d7976c838e76e2e280ba49cbac224e2ae74a46"
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 991 (2021) — Tree Solutions Now Act of 2021

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Tree Solutions Now Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_645_hb0991e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Tree Solutions Now Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0991e.pdf)
3. **First - Natural Resources – Forest Mitigation Banks – Qualified Preservation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0991f.pdf)
4. **Third - Natural Resources - Forest Mitigation Banks - Qualified Conservation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0991t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **100–38** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gilchrist — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-07** Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Beidle) Adopted
- **2021-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-09** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Lierman) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 645 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51b260d2-a67c-4fb7-8f94-6b5e2c10410c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).