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MD HB 701

died on adjournment

Department of Natural Resources - Water Resources - Identification of Vernal Pools (Jack Cover Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2026)

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did MD HB 701 pass?

No. MD HB 701 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-13): Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment

What is MD HB 701 about?

MD HB 701 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Department of Natural Resources - Water Resources - Identification of Vernal Pools (Jack Cover Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2026)”.

Who sponsors MD HB 701?

Odom, Lewis, Wu and 3 others are the primary sponsors of MD HB 701.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-13 — Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Odomprimary
  • Lewisprimary
  • Wuprimary
  • Terrasaprimary
  • Lehmanprimary
  • Hillprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-13

    Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment

  2. 2026-04-10

    Referred Rules

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-09

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  4. 2026-04-09

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  5. 2026-04-09

    Favorable with Amendments {

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-04-08

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-02-04

    Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

  8. 2026-02-02

    First Reading Environment and Transportation

    referral-committee

Versions

  • Third - Department of Natural Resources - Water Resources - Identification of Vernal Pools (Jack Cover Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2026)Compare
  • First - Department of the Environment - Water Resources - Protection of Vernal Pools (Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2026)Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading

    2026-03-24 · pass · 95-38

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Johnson, S.: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Kaiser: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Feldmark: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Long, J.: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Wolek: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Healey: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Crosby: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Pasteur: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Adams: no
    • Ciliberti: no
    • Howard: no
    • Miller: no
    • Rose: no
    • Anderson: no
    • Fisher: no
    • Hutchinson: no
    • Morgan, M.: no
    • Sample-Hughes: no
    • Arentz: no
    • Ghrist: no
    • Jacobs: no
    • Morgan, T.: no
    • Stonko: no
    • Arikan: no
    • Grammer: no
    • Kipke: no
    • Nawrocki: no
    • Szeliga: no
    • Baker: no
    • Griffith: no
    • Long, R.: no
    • Nkongolo: no
    • Tomlinson: no
    • Beauchamp: no
    • Hartman: no
    • Mangione: no
    • Pippy: no
    • Valentine: no
    • Buckel: no
    • Hinebaugh: no
    • McComas: no
    • Reilly: no
    • Wivell: no
    • Chisholm: no
    • Hornberger: no
    • Metzgar: no
    • Boafo: not voting
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Taveras: not voting
    • Alston: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Roberts: absent
    • Smith: absent
    • Williams: absent

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