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type: "Bill"
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title: "Technical Study on Changes in Forest Cover and Tree Canopy in Maryland"
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description: "Technical Study on Changes in Forest Cover and Tree Canopy in Maryland"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 729"
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citation: "Maryland SB 729 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-02-04"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8f3ff99-c0f6-4db4-98e5-b91d1154a9c9"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB729&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "0acbdcf020c5702874f1952e2fbd25b53cf99a7c33d51a79a457e39457553045"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 729 (2019) — Technical Study on Changes in Forest Cover and Tree Canopy in Maryland
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0729f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **112–26** (pass) · lower
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- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lam — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Peters — cosponsor (person)
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- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {544231/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2019-03-19** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-27** Favorable with Amendments {670518/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (112-26) `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Concur - House Amendments
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- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** Passed Enrolled
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- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 405 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8f3ff99-c0f6-4db4-98e5-b91d1154a9c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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