---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal"
description: "State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 219"
citation: "Maryland SB 219 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Beidle", "Eckardt", "Elfreth", "Guzzone", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Miller", "Ready", "Reilly", "Salling", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a15b436-7c7d-49dc-a7b8-03c54b45f952"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0219?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9eb6409f4f9f663c4f457129550bcea9c2453fe14eb3e163a8b23645de495614"
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 219 (2020) — State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_76_sb0219e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0219e.pdf)
3. **First - State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0219f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0219t.pdf)

## Votes

- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 76 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a15b436-7c7d-49dc-a7b8-03c54b45f952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).