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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Alteration or Removal Requirements"
+description: "Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Alteration or Removal Requirements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 281"
+citation: "Maryland SB 281 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-09-15"
+last_action: "2024-04-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6751933-a183-4de0-b646-54ca45bcfed2"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0281?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "a23836584e9799a6ba0282f93526daaf5101c43ca97ac7b27399d09fd63ea242"
+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 281 (2024) — Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Alteration or Removal Requirements
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Alteration or Removal Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_84_sb0281t.pdf)
+2. **First - Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Alteration or Removal Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0281f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Alteration or Removal Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0281t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-11** Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2024-02-12** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed
+- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-02-16** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed
+- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
+- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6751933-a183-4de0-b646-54ca45bcfed2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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