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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations"
description: "Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 238"
citation: "Maryland HB 238 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-16"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/414fc085-797f-478c-911c-fb7cba7b679d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0238?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "65d4ae0fa7c143a67916ccb873af3dafed6055b27a0614a935185c4f79f928b7"
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 238 (2026) — Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_123_hb0238t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0238f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Heritage Area Authority and Heritage Areas - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0238t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **10330** (pass) · lower
- HB 238 HB 259 HB 553 HB 804 HB 851 HB 1094 HB 1186 HB 1280 — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Economic Matters and Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 123 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/414fc085-797f-478c-911c-fb7cba7b679d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).