republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-729.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Technical Study on Changes in Forest Cover and Tree Canopy in Maryland	Technical Study on Changes in Forest Cover and Tree Canopy in Maryland	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	SB 729	Maryland SB 729 (2019)	bill	Natural Resources - Generally Agriculture Department of Chesapeake Bay Committees and Commissions Conservation Environment Department of the Environmental Matters Forests and Parks Hearings Legislative Services Department of Maps and Charts Natural Resources Department of Planning Department of Reports Sunset Surveyors Trees	enacted	Guzzone	1	15	3	2019-02-04	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/e8f3ff99-c0f6-4db4-98e5-b91d1154a9c9	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB729&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	0acbdcf020c5702874f1952e2fbd25b53cf99a7c33d51a79a457e39457553045	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 729 (2019) — Technical Study on Changes in Forest Cover and Tree Canopy in Maryland

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 — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 112–26 (pass) · lower
• On third reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
• Feldman — cosponsor (person)
• Lam — cosponsor (person)
• Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Zucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 Favorable with Amendments {544231/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-18 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2019-03-19 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Favorable with Amendments {670518/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-28 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (112-26) passage
• 2019-04-02 Senate Concur - House Amendments
• 2019-04-02 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2019-04-02 Passed Enrolled
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 405 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8f3ff99-c0f6-4db4-98e5-b91d1154a9c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).