---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Marine Contractors Licensing Board - Authority, Program Evaluation, and Termination"
description: "Environment - Marine Contractors Licensing Board - Authority, Program Evaluation, and Termination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "Maryland SB 74 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c503604-818d-4da3-902a-a0dde1adf43c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0074?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "246f8d954d8f29c8093b61fc3938bc8c8e9f79a2eeacb200c9d977cf1b96cb03"
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 74 (2020) — Environment - Marine Contractors Licensing Board - Authority, Program Evaluation, and Termination

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Marine Contractors Licensing Board - Authority, Program Evaluation, and Termination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_513_sb0074t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Marine Contractors Licensing Board - Authority, Program Evaluation, and Termination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0074f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Marine Contractors Licensing Board - Authority, Program Evaluation, and Termination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0074t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-02** Hearing 1/16 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2020-02-03** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 513 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c503604-818d-4da3-902a-a0dde1adf43c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).