---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board - Term Length - Alteration Ho. Co. 15-24"
description: "Howard County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board - Term Length - Alteration Ho. Co. 15-24"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1338"
citation: "Maryland HB 1338 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1a3ba43-c36a-4886-b540-bf5c59ebc9eb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1338?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5ece05d90c93fd3c882a4402cd24364c6dd0b1ce27a830a76dcdb60aa68fd425"
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 1338 (2024) — Howard County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board - Term Length - Alteration Ho. Co. 15-24

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board - Term Length - Alteration Ho. Co. 15-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_694_hb1338t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board - Term Length - Alteration Ho. Co. 15-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1338f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board - Term Length - Alteration Ho. Co. 15-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1338t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-22** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1a3ba43-c36a-4886-b540-bf5c59ebc9eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).