---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Use of Land – Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays"
description: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Use of Land – Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1229"
citation: "Maryland HB 1229 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Advertising", "Agriculture", "Boundaries", "Committees and Commissions", "Conservation", "Easements", "Signs and Billboards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacobs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/876a7924-bf26-4450-afcf-30f8ff114a6d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1229&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "a56f2ccba78eda6bbf2a071dbd9363943818ba49f5f44aa6b19c4c5eddbb46f4"
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 1229 (2018) — Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Use of Land – Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1229f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Anderton — cosponsor (person)
- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
- Carozza — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Ciliberti — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Ghrist — cosponsor (person)
- Grammer — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Otto — cosponsor (person)
- Vogt — cosponsor (person)
- Wivell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {450413/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (136-1) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/876a7924-bf26-4450-afcf-30f8ff114a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).