republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-571.md

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Bill	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Use of Land - Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Use of Land - Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 571	Maryland SB 571 (2018)	bill	Agriculture Advertising Agriculture Boundaries Committees and Commissions Easements Equipment Farmland Forests and Parks Hunting Laws and Ordinances Notices Political Candidates Real Property Retail Sales Signs and Billboards Trespass	enacted	Bates	1	14	2	2018-01-31	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/057de680-96da-473e-8da5-70d1d1ea0bb7	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB571&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	7b3c760576d55eb21984340f40af4e9a843a03c06418556c5051186cccbdd15a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 571 (2018) — Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Use of Land - Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 136–1 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bates — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-31 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-05 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-06 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-06 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-03-08 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2018-03-09 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-03-19 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-02 Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-06 Third Reading Passed (136-1) passage
• 2018-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 644 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/057de680-96da-473e-8da5-70d1d1ea0bb7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).