EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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HOUSE BILL 1166
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By: Delegates McComas and Arikan
Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2022
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
State Designation – State Song – Come Home to Maryland 2
FOR the purpose of designating “Come Home to Maryland” as the State song; and generally 3
relating to the State song. 4
BY renumbering 5
Article – General Provisions 6
Section 7–318 7
to be Section 7–319 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 10
BY adding to 11
Article – General Provisions 12
Section 7–318 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That Section(s) 7–318 of Article – General Provisions of the Annotated Code of Maryland 17
be renumbered to be Section(s) 7–319. 18
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 19
as follows: 20
Article – General Provisions 21
7–318. 22
(A) THE SONG “COME HOME TO MARYLAND”, WRITTEN BY DAVID HOOPER, 23 2 HOUSE BILL 1166
IS THE STATE SONG. 1
(B) THE WORDS OF THE STATE SONG ARE : 2
I 3
COME HOME TO MARYLAND, LAND THAT I LOVE 4
WAVES ACROSS THE OCEA N AND MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5
BRIGHT LIGHT EXCITEME NT ON THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE 6
WALKING PEACEFUL COUN TRY ROADS DOWN ON TH E EASTERN SHORE 7
II 8
ANTIETAM, O ANTIETAM, WHAT A GRIM AND MOUR NFUL DAY 9
WHEN BROTHERS FOUGHT WITH BROTHERS 10
AND THEY DIED IN BLUE AND GRAY 11
III 12
THERE’S HISTORY AND TRADIT ION IN OUR CITIES BY THE BAY 13
LANDS OF PLEASANT LIV ING AND HARBORS OF G RACE 14
THE CHURCH AT OLD ST. MARY’S AND THE ARK AND THE DOVE 15
ALL PART OF MARYLAND, LAND THAT I LOVE 16
IV 17
SKIPJACKS AND CLIPPER SHIPS WITH SAILS AGA INST THE SKY 18
AND MOUNTAIN MORNINGS BR ING AN ALLEGANY MOUNTAIN HIGH 19
V 20
COME HOME TO MARYLAND, THERE’S NO PLACE QUITE THE SAME 21
COME HOME TO MARYLAND, WHERE PEOPLE KNOW YO UR NAME 22
VI 23
FORT MCHENRY’S STAR SPANGLED BANN ER STILL WAVES 24
A VISION TO THE WORLD WE’RE STILL THE HOME OF THE BRAVE 25
VII 26
COME HOME TO MARYLAND, LAND THAT I LOVE 27
WAVES ACROSS THE OCEA N AND MOUNTAINS ABOV E, O THERE’S 28
BRIGHT LIGHTS EXCITEM ENT ON THE STREETS O F BALTIMORE 29
WALKING PEACEFUL COUN TRY ROADS WITH A GIR L FROM THE EASTERN SHORE 30
VIII 31
COME HOME TO MARYLAND, LAND THAT I LOVE 32
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 33
October 1, 2022. 34