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HB0173 • 2026

State Designations - State Natural Science Museum - Natural History Society of Maryland

State Designations - State Natural Science Museum - Natural History Society of Maryland

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegate Allen
Last action
2026-02-16
Official status
In the House - Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

State Designations - State Natural Science Museum - Natural History Society of Maryland

Designating the Natural History Society of Maryland as the State natural science museum.

What This Bill Does

  • Designating the Natural History Society of Maryland as the State natural science museum.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-16 House

    Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.

  2. 2026-01-28 House

    Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.

  3. 2026-01-28 House

    Hearing canceled

  4. 2026-01-14 House

    First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections

  5. 2025-09-15 House

    Pre-filed

  6. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - State Designations - State Natural Science Museum - Natural History Society of Maryland

Official Summary Text

Designating the Natural History Society of Maryland as the State natural science museum.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb0173*

HOUSE BILL 173
P1 6lr0841
HB 169/25 – HGO (PRE–FILED) CF SB 35
By: Delegate Allen
Requested: September 15, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

State Designations – State Natural Science Museum – Natural History Society of 2
Maryland 3

FOR the purpose of designating the Natural History Society of Maryland as the State 4
natural science museum; and generally relating to a State natural science museum. 5

BY renumbering 6
Article – General Provisions 7
Section 7–325 and 7–326 8
to be Section 7–326.1 and 7–325, respectively 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 11

BY adding to 12
Article – General Provisions 13
Section 7–326 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 16

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That Section(s) 7–325 and 7–326 of Article – General Provisions of the Annotated Code of 18
Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 7–326.1 and 7–325, respectively. 19

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That t he Laws of Maryland read 20
as follows: 21

Article – General Provisions 22

7–326. 23
2 HOUSE BILL 173

THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND IS THE STATE NATURAL 1
SCIENCE MUSEUM. 2

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3
October 1, 2026. 4