---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Gwynns Falls State Park - Focus Group, Advisory Committee, and Report"
description: "Natural Resources - Gwynns Falls State Park - Focus Group, Advisory Committee, and Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1358"
citation: "Maryland HB 1358 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Amprey", "Attar", "Boyce", "Clippinger", "Conaway", "Edelson", "Embry", "J. Long", "R. Lewis", "Rosenberg", "Ruff", "Smith", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38a43507-eeed-40de-8e3f-b32aa1b2aaac"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1358?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "75932fb297c21e1ea18c7552d4a5d8d6e80e1632323205a51e4a70bbbee48d60"
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 1358 (2024) — Natural Resources - Gwynns Falls State Park - Focus Group, Advisory Committee, and Report

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Gwynns Falls State Park - Focus Group, Advisory Committee, and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_965_hb1358t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Establishment of Gwynns Falls State Park** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1358f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Gwynns Falls State Park - Focus Group, Advisory Committee, and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1358t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** 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`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 965 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38a43507-eeed-40de-8e3f-b32aa1b2aaac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).