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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Aquaculture Coordinating Council - Application of Tidal Wetlands Permit Requirements to Aquaculture Operations - Study"
+description: "Aquaculture Coordinating Council - Application of Tidal Wetlands Permit Requirements to Aquaculture Operations - Study"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 442"
+citation: "Maryland SB 442 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-20"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad65b66b-0ac1-45a7-b59d-c979cedd753e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0442?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "197cc4e427fd94d37a2c99d2ac7cc3020c720fb9aa683336f769a7374d594dc8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 442 (2021) — Aquaculture Coordinating Council - Application of Tidal Wetlands Permit Requirements to Aquaculture Operations - Study
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Aquaculture Coordinating Council - Application of Tidal Wetlands Permit Requirements to Aquaculture Operations - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_458_sb0442e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Aquaculture Coordinating Council - Application of Tidal Wetlands Permit Requirements to Aquaculture Operations - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0442e.pdf)
+3. **First - Aquaculture Leases and Shellfish Nursery Operations - Wetlands** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0442f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Aquaculture Coordinating Council - Application of Tidal Wetlands Permit Requirements to Aquaculture Operations - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0442t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Klausmeier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-22** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-05** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 458 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad65b66b-0ac1-45a7-b59d-c979cedd753e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+