---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses"
description: "Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "Maryland HB 78 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e849d24-703b-437d-ad54-d21ad212f1f5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0078?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d6b14612cd5210f0ca6cbbe921070fca70a1c029a2813b20ca9d72795a2c2d8b"
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 78 (2020) — Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_44_hb0078t.pdf)
2. **First - Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0078f.pdf)
3. **Third - Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0078t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- C. Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 44 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e849d24-703b-437d-ad54-d21ad212f1f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).