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type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Funding and Grants"
description: "Natural Resources - Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Funding and Grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 654"
citation: "Maryland HB 654 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behler", "Guyton", "Hinebaugh", "Holmes", "Jacobs", "Lewis", "Odom", "Stein", "T. Morgan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c1846d6-1b89-41cc-8329-25ae3ec3f977"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0654?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "9eb234107b8821d95912ed3d61dcf59e35766dd81f4f36f24332a3ed6ad051e0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---
# Maryland HB 654 (2026) — Natural Resources - Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Funding and Grants
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Funding and Grants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_276_hb0654t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Funding and Grants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0654f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Funding and Grants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0654t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1259** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Allen — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-30** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** 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
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 276 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c1846d6-1b89-41cc-8329-25ae3ec3f977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).