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Bill	Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements	Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	HB 561	Maryland HB 561 (2024)	bill		enacted	Watson	4	17	3	2024-01-24	2024-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/0a0bc74a-d2c3-45e2-bb2c-d833cdadf26d	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0561?ys=2024RS&search=True	36e58df691d17eb77aa2ff2ebbd6b3b3939e140ef778111f6091918c437b11f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 561 (2024) — Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Tree Expert Licenses - Workers' Compensation Insurance Requirements and Application and Renewal Fee Alterations (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading (Amend) — 33–11 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 106–25 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 114–25 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-02-15 Hearing canceled
• 2024-02-15 Hearing 2/16 at 12:30 p.m.
• 2024-02-26 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-02-29 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-03-01 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2024-04-04 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-04 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-04 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-04-05 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-06 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2024-04-06 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-06 Passed Enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a0bc74a-d2c3-45e2-bb2c-d833cdadf26d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).