republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-578.md

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Bill	Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings	Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 578	Maryland HB 578 (2026)	bill		enacted	Allen Behler Boyce Fair Feldmark Guyton Kaufman Lehman Lewis Odom Palakovich Carr Shetty Stein Terrasa White Holland Wolek Wu Ziegler	4	15	3	2026-01-28	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/a72fab2a-bee7-4864-95ce-8fbe7abedda3	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0578?ys=2026RS	1e945da15b73b14b51e072c94d37e8240fe23c0528a2ee3a991cd65d75d5567f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 578 (2026) — Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 99–34 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 38–3 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 104–28 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Feldmark — primary (person)
• Guyton — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Lehman — primary (person)
• Lewis — primary (person)
• Odom — primary (person)
• Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
• Shetty — primary (person)
• Stein — primary (person)
• Terrasa — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Wolek — primary (person)
• Wu — primary (person)
• Ziegler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-28 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-02-02 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-13 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-04-08 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-09 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2026-04-09 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a72fab2a-bee7-4864-95ce-8fbe7abedda3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).