---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update"
description: "Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 295"
citation: "Maryland HB 295 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henson", "Love"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f7a74ee-6078-4920-bd61-7401a91c51ba"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0295?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f236609ac3d1e75f2184a1a9e6e4a7fc5e148c52a9330ba8770d494f018c6dd9"
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 295 (2021) — Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_640_hb0295t.pdf)
2. **First - Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0295f.pdf)
3. **Third - Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0295t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **99–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henson — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 640 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f7a74ee-6078-4920-bd61-7401a91c51ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).