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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement"
+description: "Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 218"
+citation: "Maryland HB 218 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Office of the Attorney General"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-10-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab4def6f-ad99-4f49-931e-4be3b4183cd6"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0218?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "7d1eeb70248d353ba404e2ceb8a64ddbe498638f048632a1672d2b7ab79319f4"
+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 218 (2026) — Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_473_hb0218t.pdf)
+2. **First - Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0218f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0218t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)
+- Office of the Attorney General — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-10-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-13** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 473 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab4def6f-ad99-4f49-931e-4be3b4183cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+