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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform"
+description: "Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 674"
+citation: "Maryland SB 674 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Lam", "McCray", "Pinsky", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "West"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-03"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/065a109b-59f0-4a09-a5e1-3a8c4931b966"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0674?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "505a13989f257145f58a7466d137f3b36046eb2d91c3516594cba2ed04af66d8"
+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 674 (2021) — Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_635_sb0674e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0674e.pdf)
+3. **First - Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0674f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0674t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **106–31** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- Pinsky — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- Washington — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-10** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 635 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/065a109b-59f0-4a09-a5e1-3a8c4931b966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+