---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land Use - Public Service Companies - Pollinator-Friendly Vegetation Management and Utility-Designated Pollinator Areas"
description: "Land Use - Public Service Companies - Pollinator-Friendly Vegetation Management and Utility-Designated Pollinator Areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "Maryland SB 62 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-09"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72fff208-4079-42b2-9e76-c1e80105f1ec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0062?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1b348f0d4fe630254d371abe2899a49466c476473701169647438ad51a523f94"
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 62 (2023) — Land Use - Public Service Companies - Pollinator-Friendly Vegetation Management and Utility-Designated Pollinator Areas

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Land Use - Public Service Companies - Pollinator-Friendly Vegetation Management and Utility-Designated Pollinator Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_464_sb0062t.pdf)
2. **First - Land Use – Public Service Companies – Pollinator–Friendly Vegetation Management** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0062f.pdf)
3. **Third - Land Use - Public Service Companies - Pollinator-Friendly Vegetation Management and Utility-Designated Pollinator Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0062t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-01-25** Hearing canceled
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 1/31 at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 464 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72fff208-4079-42b2-9e76-c1e80105f1ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).