---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees"
description: "Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Maryland HB 35 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behler", "Boyce", "Foley", "Guyton", "Healey", "J. Long", "Lewis", "Odom", "Stein", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-08-14"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed335461-7997-49e3-a876-1641fdf8f7f6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0035?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "57dd5c764faef2886c3f35750b9cb7cc0da868096e411133bc32ec98485f63fb"
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 35 (2026) — Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_210_hb0035t.pdf)
2. **First - Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Tree of Heaven** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0035f.pdf)
3. **Third - Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0035t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–8** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-08-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed335461-7997-49e3-a876-1641fdf8f7f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).