---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund - Reporting"
description: "Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund - Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "Maryland SB 257 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9e066d5-afae-4b4e-b266-0869e951302a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0257?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "968f394e492db185b5f02e7bdba045b76ebe67af641c762831ae55e5aaf6c549"
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 257 (2026) — Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund - Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_331_sb0257t.pdf)
2. **First - Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0257f.pdf)
3. **Third - Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0257t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-20** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 331 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9e066d5-afae-4b4e-b266-0869e951302a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).