---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Protection and Restoration of State-Owned Lakes"
description: "Natural Resources - Protection and Restoration of State-Owned Lakes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 477"
citation: "Maryland HB 477 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources - Generally", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Revenue and Taxes", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beitzel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0184083b-092f-436e-9ac6-0d098b2e0819"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB477&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "aceac507ea0b11b684f42ab186df39b70c6602b1d3921f1f85abb12f29133c76"
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 477 (2017) — Natural Resources - Protection and Restoration of State-Owned Lakes

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0477f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Beitzel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 404 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0184083b-092f-436e-9ac6-0d098b2e0819`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).