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type: "Bill"
title: "Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established"
description: "Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1599"
citation: "Maryland HB 1599 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Anderson", "Arentz", "Beauchamp", "Behler", "Boyce", "Ghrist", "Hartman", "Healey", "Holmes", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Lewis", "Odom", "Sample-Hughes", "Stein", "T. Morgan", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fccb79e-8255-4320-9a09-cc5aa770eda5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1599?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "dbbcd58b83704719edb731c4aff0a7a65e58d38c068726ef44943928d0ac5a40"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_553_hb1599t.pdf)
2. **First - Chesapeake Bay Enhancement Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1599f.pdf)
3. **Third - Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1599t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1266** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **460** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fccb79e-8255-4320-9a09-cc5aa770eda5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).