---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Designations – State Mineral – Chromite (State Mineral Act)"
description: "State Designations – State Mineral – Chromite (State Mineral Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 411"
citation: "Maryland HB 411 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Korman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ebd8447-8b6a-4212-8de7-154ee5d10973"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0411?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "74117ac2f232ca7b722d46352b458823d50292ce713412bf657753a1f121e83e"
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 411 (2025) — State Designations – State Mineral – Chromite (State Mineral Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Designations – State Mineral – Chromite (State Mineral Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_486_hb0411t.pdf)
2. **First - State Designations – State Mineral – Chromite (State Mineral Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0411f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Designations – State Mineral – Chromite (State Mineral Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0411t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Korman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-13** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-13** Hearing 3/13 at 3:30 p.m.
- **2025-03-13** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-13** Hearing 3/13 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Motion Special Order until 4/7 (Senator Zucker) Adopted
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 486 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ebd8447-8b6a-4212-8de7-154ee5d10973`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).