---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements"
description: "Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 683"
citation: "Maryland SB 683 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb917032-0232-4ca8-8901-1b22fc65971e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0683?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bc178859a1b4c3abca41ec217726092a784b79e2e6c72116d5bd3ef2a148d69c"
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 683 (2024) — Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_510_sb0683t.pdf)
2. **First - Tree Expert Licenses - Workers' Compensation Insurance Requirements and Application and Renewal Fee Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0683f.pdf)
3. **Third - Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0683t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **103–27** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /123324/1 — **12–33** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 510 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb917032-0232-4ca8-8901-1b22fc65971e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).