---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Native Plants Program"
description: "Maryland Native Plants Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 950"
citation: "Maryland HB 950 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Boyce", "Foley", "Guyton", "Healey", "J. Long", "Lehman", "Love", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "T. Morgan", "Terrasa", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31dad785-4c47-47b3-a7d4-c950ec3ce167"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0950?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d03641a99fecb9b0063dfe7f7251ca221cd2a6805e0d81ca45c259802837b955"
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 950 (2023) — Maryland Native Plants Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Native Plants Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_489_hb0950e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Native Plants Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0950e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Native Plants Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0950f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Native Plants Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0950t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31dad785-4c47-47b3-a7d4-c950ec3ce167`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).