republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-1599.md

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Bill	Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established	Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 1599	Maryland HB 1599 (2026)	bill		enacted	Allen Anderson Arentz Beauchamp Behler Boyce Ghrist Hartman Healey Holmes Hutchinson J. Long Jacobs Lewis Odom Sample-Hughes Stein T. Morgan Ziegler	3	17	2	2026-02-16	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/3fccb79e-8255-4320-9a09-cc5aa770eda5	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1599?ys=2026RS	dbbcd58b83704719edb731c4aff0a7a65e58d38c068726ef44943928d0ac5a40	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1599 (2026) — Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Chesapeake Bay Enhancement Program - Established (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 126–6 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Anderson — primary (person)
• Arentz — primary (person)
• Beauchamp — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Ghrist — primary (person)
• Hartman — primary (person)
• Healey — primary (person)
• Holmes — primary (person)
• Hutchinson — primary (person)
• J. Long — primary (person)
• Jacobs — primary (person)
• Lewis — primary (person)
• Odom — primary (person)
• Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
• Stein — primary (person)
• T. Morgan — primary (person)
• Ziegler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-16 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
• 2026-03-11 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-13 Hearing canceled
• 2026-03-13 Hearing 3/13 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2026-04-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-10 Referred Rules referral-committee
• 2026-04-13 Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
• 2026-04-13 Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 553 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3fccb79e-8255-4320-9a09-cc5aa770eda5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).