---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings"
description: "Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 578"
citation: "Maryland HB 578 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behler", "Boyce", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Guyton", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Lewis", "Odom", "Palakovich Carr", "Shetty", "Stein", "Terrasa", "White Holland", "Wolek", "Wu", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a72fab2a-bee7-4864-95ce-8fbe7abedda3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0578?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1e945da15b73b14b51e072c94d37e8240fe23c0528a2ee3a991cd65d75d5567f"
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 578 (2026) — Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_211_hb0578e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0578e.pdf)
3. **First - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0578f.pdf)
4. **Third - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0578t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **99–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **38–3** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **104–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a72fab2a-bee7-4864-95ce-8fbe7abedda3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).