---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria"
description: "Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1311"
citation: "Maryland HB 1311 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beitzel", "Buckel", "McKay"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edbc94e0-2847-4703-913f-153b8a0f7410"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1311?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f9b2f28c77e05af30d2e7a2f13dd6fb5acd8299292ad38310ff54f75d885ceaa"
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 1311 (2020) — Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_456_hb1311t.pdf)
2. **First - Allegany County and Garrett County - Definition of "Tree Expert" - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1311f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1311t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Beitzel — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 456 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edbc94e0-2847-4703-913f-153b8a0f7410`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).