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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources Forest Preservation and Retention"
description: "Natural Resources Forest Preservation and Retention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 723"
citation: "Maryland HB 723 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Barve", "Boyce", "Bridges", "Ciliberti", "Foley", "Guyton", "Healey", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Kerr", "Love", "Stein", "Stewart", "T. Morgan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f3aa62b-e5b6-4204-b821-ef7b6edcdc13"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0723?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "03caf485d13f91f611b192963bec24c367b9d26e4c902626d8b703632b51ac19"
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 723 (2023) — Natural Resources Forest Preservation and Retention
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Natural Resources Forest Preservation and Retention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_541_hb0723t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources Forest Preservation and Retention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0723f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources Forest Preservation and Retention** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0723t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** 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.
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Motion Special Order until 4/3 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f3aa62b-e5b6-4204-b821-ef7b6edcdc13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).