---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management"
description: "State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 884"
citation: "Maryland HB 884 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Barve", "Boyce", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Gilchrist", "Healey", "Holmes", "Jalisi", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Love", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Wells"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddadd303-c327-4dff-99b5-54073628cc90"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0884?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "77b907a9bf3cab3c85b49245a90de070a0fb277d20c46bc4b5b8dcbfc1f1f97c"
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 884 (2022) — State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_339_hb0884e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0884e.pdf)
3. **First - State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0884f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0884t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **32–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **123–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **123–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Gilchrist — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Jalisi — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 2/25 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2022-02-15** Hearing canceled
- **2022-02-15** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 339 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddadd303-c327-4dff-99b5-54073628cc90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).