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Bill	Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees	Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 35	Maryland HB 35 (2026)	bill		enacted	Allen Behler Boyce Foley Guyton Healey J. Long Lewis Odom Stein Ziegler	3	14	2	2025-08-14	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/ed335461-7997-49e3-a876-1641fdf8f7f6	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0035?ys=2026RS	57dd5c764faef2886c3f35750b9cb7cc0da868096e411133bc32ec98485f63fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 35 (2026) — Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Tree of Heaven (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 128–8 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Foley — primary (person)
• Guyton — primary (person)
• Healey — primary (person)
• J. Long — primary (person)
• Lewis — primary (person)
• Odom — primary (person)
• Stein — primary (person)
• Ziegler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-08-14 Pre-filed introduction
• 2026-01-14 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-23 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-02-26 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-02-27 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-04-03 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-06 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-06 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-08 Returned Passed
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed335461-7997-49e3-a876-1641fdf8f7f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).