2026 Regular Session
HB1267
Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act)
Requiring a certain local zoning authority to designate and maintain certain property in a zoning classification that restricts the uses in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring the appropriate authority to maintain certain property in a certain zoning classification that restricts the uses in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring, prior to any development on certain property, a certain local zoning authority to hold a hearing and make a decision in consultation with certain entities; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 20, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
123 yea–7 nay · 6 not voting · 5 absent
April 13, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
47 yea–0 nay
Committee referrals
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
February 12, 2026 · House
Economic Matters
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541
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House Returned Passed
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Senate Third Reading Passed (47-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (123-7) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {773926/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
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House Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
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House First Reading Economic Matters and Environment and Transportation