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HB1637 • 2026

State Designations - State Amphibian - Long-Tailed Salamander

State Designations - State Amphibian - Long-Tailed Salamander

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Delegate McComas
Last action
2026-02-25
Official status
In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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State Designations - State Amphibian - Long-Tailed Salamander

Designating the long-tailed salamander as the State amphibian.

What This Bill Does

  • Designating the long-tailed salamander as the State amphibian.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-25 House

    First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  2. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - State Designations - State Amphibian - Long-Tailed Salamander

Official Summary Text

Designating the long-tailed salamander as the State amphibian.

Current Bill Text

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*hb1637*

HOUSE BILL 1637
P1 6lr3658
SB 142/19 – EHE
By: Delegate McComas
Introduced and read first time: February 25, 2026
Assigned to: Rules and Executive Nominations

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

State Designations – State Amphibian – Long–Tailed Salamander 2

FOR the purpose of designating the long –tailed salamander as the State amphibian; and 3
generally relating to a State amphibian. 4

BY renumbering 5
Article – General Provisions 6
Section 7–301 through 7–310 7
to be Section 7–302 through 7–311, respectively 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 10

BY adding to 11
Article – General Provisions 12
Section 7–301 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That Section(s) 7–301 through 7–310 of Article – General Provisions of the Annotated Code 17
of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 7–302 through 7–311, respectively. 18

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 19
as follows: 20

Article – General Provisions 21

7–301. 22

THE LONG –TAILED SALAMANDER (EURYCEA LONGICAUDA ) IS THE STATE 23
2 HOUSE BILL 1637

AMPHIBIAN. 1

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 2
October 1, 2026. 3