---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)"
description: "Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "Maryland SB 470 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "James", "King", "Rosapepe", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49095b75-9e34-48f5-a0d8-0599393a22c4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0470?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "80c33df5943c375693b36e840e055b2ce68f456fc60ac51927f4b9106c74e1c0"
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 470 (2023) — Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_546_sb0470e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0470e.pdf)
3. **First - Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0470f.pdf)
4. **Third - Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0470t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2023-02-03** Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2023-02-03** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) and Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 546 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49095b75-9e34-48f5-a0d8-0599393a22c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).