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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Forestry Education Fund - Establishment"
description: "Maryland Forestry Education Fund - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 289"
citation: "Maryland HB 289 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Boyce", "Foley", "Guyton", "Healey", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Lehman", "Love", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cfa78e1-a436-4349-8cb5-7f666ce0d427"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0289?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1d20903cae75ca4bd7bb81cb6029316c55d6b26fd77999b182765ea2eac7b559"
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 289 (2023) — Maryland Forestry Education Fund - Establishment
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Maryland Forestry Education Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_479_hb0289t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Forestry Education Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0289f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Forestry Education Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0289t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-25** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-15** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-15** Hearing 3/01 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-27** Hearing 3/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 479 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cfa78e1-a436-4349-8cb5-7f666ce0d427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).