---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture – Pollinator Habitat Plan – Requirements for State Highway Administration"
description: "Agriculture – Pollinator Habitat Plan – Requirements for State Highway Administration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Maryland SB 178 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-28"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27feac39-390b-4dbf-955e-e207c569b8af"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0178?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9240c6c5b7496ba2b7d2d0bdc9c7853a284e7cf986586f97fd1127e336adeb93"
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 178 (2024) — Agriculture – Pollinator Habitat Plan – Requirements for State Highway Administration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Agriculture – Pollinator Habitat Plan – Requirements for State Highway Administration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_552_sb0178t.pdf)
2. **First - Agriculture – Pollinator Habitat Plan – Requirements for State Highway Administration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0178f.pdf)
3. **Third - Agriculture – Pollinator Habitat Plan – Requirements for State Highway Administration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0178t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2024-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 552 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27feac39-390b-4dbf-955e-e207c569b8af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).