---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Port Administration - Acquisition of Land in Anne Arundel County - Notice of Public Hearing"
description: "Maryland Port Administration - Acquisition of Land in Anne Arundel County - Notice of Public Hearing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Maryland SB 53 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gile", "Henson", "Lam", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-08-27"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68fd190c-b4c4-43cc-a190-b055aab001fe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0053?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "e9f33e74f87a638caa4118961eecf4ef2a637c65a50119daf6f158d31cc8a96e"
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 53 (2026) — Maryland Port Administration - Acquisition of Land in Anne Arundel County - Notice of Public Hearing

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Port Administration - Acquisition of Land in Anne Arundel County - Notice of Public Hearing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_497_sb0053t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Port Administration - Acquisition of Land in Anne Arundel County - Notice of Public Hearing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0053f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Port Administration - Acquisition of Land in Anne Arundel County - Notice of Public Hearing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0053t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gile — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-08-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 497 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68fd190c-b4c4-43cc-a190-b055aab001fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).