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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0802* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 802 |
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| 8 | 8 | | P1 5lr2138 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates R. Lewis, Allen, Embry, Healey, Holmes, Lehman, Shetty, Smith, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Stein, Stewart, Woods, and Young |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Health and Government Operations |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | State Designations – State Carnivorous Plant – Purple Pitcherplant 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of designating the Purple Pitcherplant as the State carnivorous plant; 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and generally relating to the State carnivorous plant. 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY renumbering 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – General Provisions 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 7–302 through 7–310 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | to be Section 7–303 through 7–311, respectively 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10 |
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| 31 | 31 | | BY adding to 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Article – General Provisions 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 7–302 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | That Section(s) 7–302 through 7–310 of Article – General Provisions of the Annotated Code 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 7–303 through 7–311, respectively. 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | as follows: 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | |
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| 44 | 44 | | Article – General Provisions 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 7–302. 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 802 |
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| 50 | 50 | | THE PURPLE PITCHERPLANT (SARRACENIA PURPUREA ) IS THE STATE 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | CARNIVOROUS PLANT . 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | October 1, 2025. 4 |
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