---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - U.S. Climate Alliance - Membership"
description: "Environment - U.S. Climate Alliance - Membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "Maryland HB 3 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Committees and Commissions", "Environmental Matters", "Federal Government", "General Services", "Department of", "Governor", "Interstate Affairs", "Legislation", "Reports", "Time", "Weather"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-06"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0197b428-c4ad-46ea-8546-1e445f51e3fe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB3&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "a45d9184698afc0529f1c595c2522c0c2e5a51347ea1af90fd103e904f8390fa"
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 3 (2018) — Environment - U.S. Climate Alliance - Membership

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0003f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **36–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)
- Barve — cosponsor (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Hearing 1/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {630211/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (101-33) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (36-10) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 627 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0197b428-c4ad-46ea-8546-1e445f51e3fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).