---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of People's Counsel - Alterations (Office of People's Counsel Environmental Reform Act)"
description: "Office of People's Counsel - Alterations (Office of People's Counsel Environmental Reform Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "Maryland HB 30 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Korman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a834ee2-fb3a-4159-876d-910a5998792b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0030?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c2694e31f9ca79b04237d150b71a92048a8cfb634ce8d948f9351a748350fa41"
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 30 (2021) — Office of People's Counsel - Alterations (Office of People's Counsel Environmental Reform Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of People's Counsel - Alterations (Office of People's Counsel Environmental Reform Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_607_hb0030e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Office of People's Counsel - Alterations (Office of People's Counsel Environmental Reform Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0030e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Utilities – Office of Climate Counsel – Establishment (Climate Counsel Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0030f.pdf)
4. **Third - Office of People's Counsel - Alterations (Office of People's Counsel Environmental Reform Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0030t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **94–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **96–42** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Korman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `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 Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 607 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a834ee2-fb3a-4159-876d-910a5998792b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).