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HOUSE BILL 802
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By: Delegates R. Lewis, Allen, Embry, Healey, Holmes, Lehman, Shetty, Smith,
Stein, Stewart, Woods, and Young
Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2025
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
State Designations – State Carnivorous Plant – Purple Pitcherplant 2
FOR the purpose of designating the Purple Pitcherplant as the State carnivorous plant; 3
and generally relating to the State carnivorous plant. 4
BY renumbering 5
Article – General Provisions 6
Section 7–302 through 7–310 7
to be Section 7–303 through 7–311, respectively 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10
BY adding to 11
Article – General Provisions 12
Section 7–302 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That Section(s) 7–302 through 7–310 of Article – General Provisions of the Annotated Code 17
of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 7–303 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
7–302. 22
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THE PURPLE PITCHERPLANT (SARRACENIA PURPUREA ) IS THE STATE 1
CARNIVOROUS PLANT . 2
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3
October 1, 2025. 4