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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Invasive and Native Plants - Classification, Listing, and Use"
description: "Invasive and Native Plants - Classification, Listing, and Use"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Maryland SB 7 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-21"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bc8d34b-1592-4d35-987f-ef23a1c71767"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0007?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c9f88f47f730811cee233d95879a6bebf72e437e4fb356588e5822aa4d84c3f7"
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 SB 7 (2022) — Invasive and Native Plants - Classification, Listing, and Use
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Invasive and Native Plants - Classification, Listing, and Use** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_552_sb0007t.pdf)
2. **First - Invasive and Native Plants - Classification, Listing, Use, and Sales and Use Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0007f.pdf)
3. **Third - Invasive and Native Plants - Classification, Listing, Use, and Sales and Use Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0007t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1240** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Elfreth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-10-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Washington) Adopted
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Ways and Means Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 552 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bc8d34b-1592-4d35-987f-ef23a1c71767`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).