---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reservoir, Dam, or Waterway Obstruction Plans - Designation of Approval Authority"
description: "Reservoir, Dam, or Waterway Obstruction Plans - Designation of Approval Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 100"
citation: "Maryland SB 100 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Environment", "Department of", "Notices", "Water", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-10-31"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3265eeb9-1a64-4a94-b87d-7e476c07ad0f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB100&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "abdc0071cbb88023df742230ab763a24bf70f935ccc56d66526e9a89234051f5"
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 100 (2018) — Reservoir, Dam, or Waterway Obstruction Plans - Designation of Approval Authority

## 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/sb/sb0100f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Education — cosponsor (person)
- Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment) — cosponsor (person)
- Health — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing 1/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-01-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-19** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-01-23** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-24** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-21** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 63 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3265eeb9-1a64-4a94-b87d-7e476c07ad0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).