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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment"
+description: "Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 695"
+citation: "Maryland SB 695 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Carozza"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-02-04"
+last_action: "2022-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc7ebed1-acde-45a7-a137-a12d6a9eed83"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0695?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "c4f2e2047cc4ccf1c3699981285f3ddfd6138d6e34d5f0fd43bd3eb82655bc0b"
+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 695 (2022) — Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_476_sb0695t.pdf)
+2. **First - Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0695f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0695t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed
+- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
+- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc7ebed1-acde-45a7-a137-a12d6a9eed83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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