---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation - Urban Tree Program - Establishment"
description: "Department of Transportation - Urban Tree Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "Maryland SB 359 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosapepe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08b86a78-dfaf-4216-a59a-2ff39503bad9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0359?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "08f9ad71d5c5822e2f95a8360afbe1607f86e913a7c3ece259b141e0946582fb"
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 359 (2021) — Department of Transportation - Urban Tree Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Transportation - Urban Tree Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_294_sb0359e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of Transportation - Urban Tree Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0359e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of Transportation and Department of the Environment – Purple Line Tree Replacement Plan** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0359f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of Transportation - Urban Tree Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0359t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **116–18** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 294 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08b86a78-dfaf-4216-a59a-2ff39503bad9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).