republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2023/hb-178.md

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

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Maryland HB 178 (2023) — State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye (committee substitute) — source
2. First - State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Barve — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Feldmark — primary (person)
• Foley — primary (person)
• Forbes — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Healey — primary (person)
• Pruski — primary (person)
• Reznik — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-18 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2023-02-08 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-03-17 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-17 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-17 Second Reading Passed
• 2023-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-03-20 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-30 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-30 Second Reading Passed
• 2023-03-31 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-04-03 Returned Passed
• 2023-05-03 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 309 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/150df561-0dbd-4e98-908e-14940f553b86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).