---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Lakes Protection and Restoration Fund – Purpose, Use, and Funding – Alterations"
description: "State Lakes Protection and Restoration Fund – Purpose, Use, and Funding – Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 501"
citation: "Maryland SB 501 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources - Generally", "Appropriations", "Budgets", "Governor", "Natural Resources", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Reports", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rivers", "Streams", "and Lakes", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66d676e4-7317-404c-90bc-2176869129a9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB501&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "17d122d8b58eeaeab4b0f5adba134546f8db1f535985b3d1dfb9f457585d0a7b"
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 501 (2018) — State Lakes Protection and Restoration Fund – Purpose, Use, and Funding – Alterations

## 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/sb0501f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {840117/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 698 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66d676e4-7317-404c-90bc-2176869129a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).