---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Designations and Commemorative Days - State Shark, State Natural Sciences Museum, and Purple Lights Night"
description: "State Designations and Commemorative Days - State Shark, State Natural Sciences Museum, and Purple Lights Night"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "Maryland SB 35 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-15"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f9d0692-b48e-40c1-8d55-99efc2694223"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0035?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3a1477823ce980eb6efa35309030efce2fcc37f07a72e24a36c8fe735d27c60d"
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 35 (2026) — State Designations and Commemorative Days - State Shark, State Natural Sciences Museum, and Purple Lights Night

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Designations and Commemorative Days - State Shark, State Natural Sciences Museum, and Purple Lights Night** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_505_sb0035e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Designations and Commemorative Days - State Shark, State Natural Sciences Museum, and Purple Lights Night** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0035e.pdf)
3. **First - State Designations - State Natural Science Museum - Natural History Society of Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0035f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Designations - State Natural Sciences Museum - The Natural History Society of Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0035t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 505 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f9d0692-b48e-40c1-8d55-99efc2694223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).