---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding"
description: "Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 717"
citation: "Maryland HB 717 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0c20ddb-b8ef-4543-a7da-6d0a8393d254"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0717?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "89423acc029e60b1fc3372fd583b915a42ff51fad8a04b80d8820078f9f29056"
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 717 (2025) — Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_443_hb0717e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0717e.pdf)
3. **First - Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0717f.pdf)
4. **Third - Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0717t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **101–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **102–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **32–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 443 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0c20ddb-b8ef-4543-a7da-6d0a8393d254`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).