Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB258: Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Standards and Procedures
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Altering and updating the standards and procedures governing the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program related to the approval of regulations, local program comprehensive reviews, locational standards for growth allocation, correcting mapping mistakes, and tree replanting.
What the bill says
An act concerning Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Standards and Procedures FOR the purpose of altering and updating the standards and procedures governing the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program related to the approval of regulations, local program comprehensive reviews, locational standards for growth allocation, correcting mapping mistakes, and tree replanting; and generally relating to standards and procedures under the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Standards and Procedures FOR the purpose of altering and updating the standards and procedures governing the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program related to the approval of regulations, local program comprehensive reviews, locational standards for growth allocation, correcting mapping mistakes, and tree replanting; and generally relating to standards and procedures under the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program. BY renumbering Article - Natural Resources Section 8-1802(a)(2) through 8-1802(a)(31) to be Section 8-1802(a)(3) through 8-1802(a)(32), respectively Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Natural Resources Section 8-1802(a)(1) and 8-1808.1(c)(2) Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Natural Resources Section 8-1802(a)(2) Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Natural Resources Section 8-1806(a) and (b)(1)(xiv)2., 8-1808.1(c)(2), 8-1809(j) and (r), and 8-1815.1(b) and (e) Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That Section(s) 8-1802(a)(2) through 8-1802(a)(31) of Article - Natural Resources of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 8-1802(a)(3) through 8-1802(a)(32), respectively. Ch. 274 2026 LAWS OF …