Maryland House Bill 533

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on April 28 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-28 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to include in an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly the amount of proceeds from a certain agricultural land transfer tax that are attributable to the taxation of certain instruments of writing that transfer title to parcels of land that are entirely woodland that were distributed to the Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year; and requiring the Department to report any uncertainties regarding certain amounts.

Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund - Reporting

Del. Dana Stein [D]

2026-04-08 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 43 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-03-04 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 128 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-28	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332
2026-04-08	House	Returned Passed
2026-04-08	Senate	Third Reading Passed (43-0)
2026-04-03	Senate	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-04-02	Senate	Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-03-05	Senate	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-03-04	House	Third Reading Passed (128-0)
2026-03-03	House	Second Reading Passed
2026-03-03	House	Favorable Adopted
2026-03-02	House	Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
2026-01-28	House	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-27	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

SB257 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-28 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 331

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Natural Resources	5	307	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0533?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0533f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0533t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_332_hb0533t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0533_ent.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0533_eee.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/0231.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0840.pdf