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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Wetlands and Waterways Program Division - Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects - Required Study"
+description: "Wetlands and Waterways Program Division - Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects - Required Study"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 869"
+citation: "Maryland HB 869 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones", "Foley", "Gilchrist", "J. Lewis", "Lehman", "P. Young", "Ruth", "Stein"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-07"
+last_action: "2022-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cf997e8-ff01-4566-bad3-0ad1c2d175b5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0869?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "0e3924d3a95f1ae9b3ae9b25a2e49ade85bb45154951114303d299a4fac61c9f"
+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 HB 869 (2022) — Wetlands and Waterways Program Division - Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects - Required Study
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Wetlands and Waterways Program Division - Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects - Required Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_465_hb0869t.pdf)
+2. **First - Wetlands and Waterways Program - Authorizations for Ecological Restoration Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0869f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Wetlands and Waterways Program Division - Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects - Required Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0869t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Gilchrist — primary (person)
+- J. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- P. Young — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** Hearing 2/25 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2022-02-15** Hearing canceled
+- **2022-02-15** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cf997e8-ff01-4566-bad3-0ad1c2d175b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+